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Re: Getter and Setter Function Names

by Biker (Priest)
on Apr 10, 2003 at 14:14 UTC ( [id://249619]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Getter and Setter Function Names

I dislike "getters" but like "setters".

A method called salary() indicates a "thing", a noun. Well, what is this "thing", you may ask. The logical (in my humble opinion) answer is that the salary() method tells you what the "salary thing" is. Implementation: salary() returns the salary. No need for a "get_salary()".

It all becomes different when we want to apply a verb to your "thing". This is when I start working with the method name. Like increase_salary(), set_salary() or (sob) decrease_salary().

As a result, I end up with one method that represents the thing and zero or more methods that affects the thing.


Everything went worng, just as foreseen.

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