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We're all consenting adults. Python gets by just fine on this principle.

• zanny 14y ago
  The argument from the Java camp is that if you always use the getters and setters, you leave the access and modification open to extension, say, by adding a callback listener for changes to a variable. I then just say, change it when you need it, and use that fancy "find usages" thing most IDEs and vim have.
  • ufo 14y ago
    Precisely. The real reason Python gets this right is that it the properties feature lets you write `obj.foo` but still call a `getFoo` method behind the scenes.
    • Luyt 14y ago
      C++Builder and Delphi offer this too, with the '__property' declarator.
      • zanny 14y ago
        As someone who writes C++ regularly, I would love to see something like __property introduced in C++15.