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From: Nicholas Collin Paul Gloucester <Colin_Paul_Gloster@ACM.org>
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Subject: Re: usefulness of "data hiding"
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:21:36 +0000 (UTC)
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On 2009-01-16, Russ P. <Russ.Paielli@gmail.com> wrote:

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|"Hello,"                                                              |
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Hi,

It has been a long time since I seemed to notice a post from you here.

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|"[..]                                                                 |
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|I've tried to explain to them why data hiding can be useful, but I    |
|just get back a lot of flak. If any of you are interested and have the|
|time to educate them, I'd be interested in your replies to the        |
|following post, which was a reply to a post of mine. The link is      |
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|http://groups.google.com/[..]                                         |
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|Here is an excerpt:                                                   |
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|[..]                                                                  |
|*nothing* is idiot-proof."                                            |
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He has got you there.

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|" Heck, how many Java "OO" programs with dumb                         |
|getter/setter pairs for _each and any_ attribute ?"                   |
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Ditto.

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|"> As I said before, enforced encapsulation may not be appropriate for|
|> every application, but it is definitely appropriate for some.       |
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|No. It is appropriate for dummy managers hiring dummy programmers. The|
|project's size and domain have nothing to do with it.                 |
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|> Not                                                                 |
|> every door needs a lock, but certainly some do.                     |
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|You only need locks when you don't trust your neighbours."            |
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Russ, it may be too hard to get through that machoist Python programmer's skull.

Good luck trying anyway,
Colin Paul Gloster