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On Mar 19, 2015, at 3:10 PM, Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@zenspider.com> wrote:
On Mar 19, 2015, at 14:44, Kay <ddadekunle@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Ryan, can you help to know how to understand code challenges?
Not with such a vague question. And don't hijack threads.
Not to mention, there is a school of OO thought that holds that
getters and setters are Evil with a Capital E:
no getters and setters - Google Search
http://www.javaworld.com/article/2073723/core-java/why-getter-and-setter-methods-are-evil.html
http://www.purpletech.com/blog/index.php?itemid=25
Reaching in and modifying an instance variable (or even looking at it)
violates encapsulation -- arguably the most fundamental principle of
OO. But that's a topic for a different list, so I'll shut up about it
now 
- A
On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@zenspider.com> wrote:
Direct cvar/ivar access is pretty much an antipattern in my book. I still use it here and there, but I try not to.
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