• From: Alan Santos <asantos@o...>
• To: Joel Rees <rees@m...>
• Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 09:21:02 -0400

With the same risks in mind, and the added risks of catching up on this 
discussion late and misunderstanding the context, I would answer your 
question with the statement that OO should expose behavior, not data 
(structure).

alan

Joel Rees wrote:

>
>My impression is that some OO practitioners woud rather say "encapsulate"
>than "hide". But that still begs the question of how to expose the structure
>
>

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