[Newbies] Is it generally considered better practice for an object to access its own variables via its getter methods?

[stan shepherd]

Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> 
> 
> Whether internal accesses to instance vars should use accessors instead of
> direct access is a subject to debate (read: religious war).  I hope you
> haven't accidentally triggered that thread here. 
> 
> 

There is a nice discussion of the pros and cons of each in:

http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/FreeBooks/BestSmalltalkPractices/Draft-Smalltalk%20Best%20Practice%20Patterns%20Kent%20Beck.pdf

Pages 68-69.

My summary - direct for clarity, indirect for inheritance.
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