Let's say you have a type. Let's call it List. When you create a List you want to enable the possibility of setting a Capacity - how large can this List be. A

Let's say you have a type. Let's call it List. When you create a List you want to enable the possibility of setting a Capacity - how large can this List be. And you also want to enable reading how large the List is at a given point. Pretty valid case for a setter and a getter in my book.