http://richtextformat.co.uk/blog/?p=46 : Freelance Flash & Flex Developer Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:01:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://richtextformat.co.uk/blog/?p=46#comment-54 spender Sat, 11 Oct 2008 05:34:20 +0000 http://richtextformat.co.uk/blog/?p=46#comment-54 in some languages i've used, this would be considered bad if the code exists in a linked library, because it allows for no refactoring flexibility... code that were dependent on the library would require recompiling should a public field be changed to a setter/getter in the library. hence there is a preference for public setters/getters wrapping private variables to allow insertion of logic/validation should the need arise without the penalty of recompiling all dependent projects. as runtime importing of code in AS3 is rare, this would rarely be an issue here. in some languages i've used, this would be considered bad if the code exists in a linked library, because it allows for no refactoring flexibility… code that were dependent on the library would require recompiling should a public field be changed to a setter/getter in the library. hence there is a preference for public setters/getters wrapping private variables to allow insertion of logic/validation should the need arise without the penalty of recompiling all dependent projects. as runtime importing of code in AS3 is rare, this would rarely be an issue here.

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