Re: private, protected, readonly, public

Hello Sebastian, it simply means that derived classes cannot write that variable. Other languages already allow that and it is actually very convenent. One of the things i really liked about Borland C++. In contrast "protected readbale" means that dervied classes may also write that thing in question. best regards marcus Wednesday, May 17, 2006, 10:26:58 AM, you wrote: > Marcus Boerger wrote: >> private readable $abc; >> - class itself can read and write >> - public for everybody when reading, inside & outside of the class > This means that a private attribute becomes part of the public interface > of a class. I am not sure if this really is desirable. > -- > Sebastian Bergmann > http://www.sebastian-bergmann.de/ > GnuPG Key: 0xB85B5D69 / 27A7 2B14 09E4 98CD 6277 0E5B 6867 C514 B85B 5D69 Best regards, Marcus