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From: "Campbell, Rolf [SKY:1U32:EXCH]" <moscoop AT americasm01 DOT nt DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: TABLE OF POINTERS TO FUNCTIONS + OTHER
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 11:11:07 -0500
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Traveler wrote:

> BONUS QUESTION :
>
> When building my new class I have always hated making new version of access
> functions to the various class members.

    Well, my responce is:  Don't use access functions!  I think they are one of
the most over-used, annoying aspects of C++ programming.  And most of the time
they are just used to force 'read-only' for public access.  To start with, I
think this should have been part of the C++ specification (const public: could
mean that outside that classes scope it is treated as const).
    But, since that isn't the case, I've designed a way to make 'read-only'
variables.  It isn't perfect, but it ain't bad either.  It was actually a
spin-off of another idea i had about catching read's/write's for variables and
the read-only one just assert's that you will never read the variable.  If you
want the code, mail me at s257m AT unb DOT ca and ask for it.

--
(\/) Rolf Campbell (\/)



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