[Newbies] 'locking' an object

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Bert" == Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> writes:

Bert> There is no magic in #instVarAt:. It exists merely for helping
Bert> debugging.

I meant the primitive it invokes.  Encapsulated magic is still magic.

>> So code would merely have to execute the equivalent of the  primitives behind
>> #instVarAt: and #instVarAt:put:, and no amount of wrapper class  would help.


Bert> All you need to do to prevent the debugger from accessing instance
Bert> variables is overwriting the methods the debugger invokes.

Ahh, but a determined outsider could still add methods to the class of the
object on the fly, hand-compiling them if necessary.

Unless you're now voting for an immutable method dictionary. :)

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