Re: Coding standards
| From: | Mika Tuupola | Date: | Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Coding standards | ||
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On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Erik Hjortsberg wrote:
> I think it should be applied to variables too:
> var $_foo;
>
> Unlawfully changing a private variable is often more dangerous than
> calling a private method as the error won't be notices as easily.
I agree using _ in front of private variable is a good idea.
Still, a class should have set*() methods for modifying variables.
So if youre modifying them directly you allready are intentionally
doing something risky anyway.
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Mika Tuupola http://www.appelsiini.net/~tuupola/