Re: [Dev-C++] Question about Classes: Public vs. Private.

Which book do you mean?
The interface of a class to the clients is defined by the declaration of the 
public members, and what the public members are supposed to do.
You can change the implementation of the public members without changing the 
interface to the clients, but not their  declaration. If you make functions 
and data members private you can change their declaration without changing 
the interface.
Wobien

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From: rus...@ao...
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Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 3:12 PM
Subject: [Dev-C++] Question about Classes: Public vs. Private.




I'm a bit confused on the private vs public aspects of member data. The book 
states that by making it private clients won't need to worry about how it's 
stored or computed (p. 120). However doesn't that same premise hold true for 
the public members as well?
 What are the advantages of private member data?




Thanks,

Russ


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