On 26.11.2008 01:57, Igor Stasenko wrote:
> I like the idea of hiding the state/storage specific details from eyes
> of subclasses.
> It makes irrelevant, in what format or where particular object holds its state.
> As long as you providing messages to access it, it could be anything.
>
>   

This "hiding" comes at a cost. Object state can only be accessed from 
within the object itself. Accessor methods are public, they can be 
accessed from anywhere.
--Trygve

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