>it seems clear that "table statistics" are a weakening of encapsulation properties. I don't have the original source of the Ullman comments so I don't know th

>it seems clear that "table statistics" are a weakening of encapsulation properties. I don't have the original source of the Ullman comments so I don't know the definitions he's using to make his assertion. So unfortunately I'm speaking a bit out of ignorance about precisely what he meant. I can't really say whether or not table statistics is a weakening of what he intended.