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Re: mutually exclusive arguments to a constructor

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On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 10:39 AM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> In article <mailman.4256.1325288188.27778.python-list@python.org>,
>  Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> You know a Python programmer's been at your C++ code when it opens:
>> #define class struct
>
> Why stop there?
>
> #define private public

Probably yeah, do both. Anyway, life's so much easier when you don't
have to write trivial getter/setter methods (and then maintain them).
I've never had a situation where I've changed a private member while
keeping the getters and setters unchanged; the ONLY benefit accessor
methods have ever given to me personally has been logging (and
granted, that is hard to do without them - since you can't override
__getitem__ in C++ - but how often do you really need that facility?).

I used to believe in the separation of interface from implementation.
Then I realised that most of the separation was transparent anyway,
and gave up on it. And then realised why the separation is a good idea
after all. :)

ChrisA

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mutually exclusive arguments to a constructor Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2011-12-30 20:40 +0000
  Re: mutually exclusive arguments to a constructor "Günther Dietrich" <gd.usenet@spamfence.net> - 2011-12-30 22:00 +0100
    Re: mutually exclusive arguments to a constructor Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2011-12-31 20:55 +0000
  Re: mutually exclusive arguments to a constructor Mel Wilson <mwilson@the-wire.com> - 2011-12-30 16:08 -0500
  Re: mutually exclusive arguments to a constructor Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com> - 2011-12-30 21:14 +0000
  Re: mutually exclusive arguments to a constructor Jason Friedman <jason@powerpull.net> - 2011-12-30 21:18 +0000
    Re: mutually exclusive arguments to a constructor Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-12-30 22:21 +0000
  Re: mutually exclusive arguments to a constructor Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-12-30 22:13 +0000
  Re: mutually exclusive arguments to a constructor Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-12-30 18:24 -0500
    Re: mutually exclusive arguments to a constructor Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-12-31 10:36 +1100
      Re: mutually exclusive arguments to a constructor Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-12-30 18:39 -0500
        Re: mutually exclusive arguments to a constructor Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-12-31 10:47 +1100
    Re: mutually exclusive arguments to a constructor Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com> - 2011-12-31 20:59 +0000

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