[Edu-sig] Re: Best approach to teaching OOP and graphics

[Dethe Elza]

On 31-Mar-05, at 3:53 PM, Beni Cherniavsky wrote:
>> There are still times when you don't want to expose attributes 
>> directly, but getters and setters don't help you there either.  For 
>> example, if both myObj.x and myObj.y must be changed in synch to stay 
>> valid, then they should be set via myObj.setXandY(x,y) not myObj.x = 
>> newX, myObj.y = newY.  But this is a design problem not a language 
>> problem.
> myObj.xy = (x, y)
>
> Rule of thumb: use tuples where you typically change all members 
> together. Use mutable objects (lists/dicts/objects with attrs) where 
> you frequently change individual members.

Good point.  Python solves another design problem.  Is there anything 
it can't do?

--Dethe

I can't watch television without praying for nuclear holocaust.  --Bill 
Hicks
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