> any references to it are bound to break Do you mean that if someone changes a class member, they would not change in all places that use that class member? W

> any references to it are bound to break Do you mean that if someone changes a class member, they would not change in all places that use that class member? Why not? > someone that relies on your class may not have access to the code As I wrote in the clarification, I'm only interested in cases where everyone has access to all the code.