in reply to Re: Why get() and set() accessor methods are evil
in thread Why get() and set() accessor methods are evil
(Also this is not an OO issue, but merely a Perl issue.)
The example might have shown a problem specific to Perl, but the idea is applicable to any language. A Java API that returns an array of integers stored in an otherwise private field would be just as problematic.
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I wanted to explore how Perl's closures can be manipulated, and ended up creating an object system by accident.
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