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accessors for vars

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thu Mar 24 01:48:04 1994 )

Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 15:56:31 -0800
From: rayn@q.crossaccess.com (Ray Nawara jr.)
To: coldstuff@MIT.EDU

In C-- in general, and in the colddark db, haw does accessing
an objects variables work? There are usually functions that
return the variable if called, but rarely is there a function
to set it. well, ok maybe rarely is an understatement, but in
this case, where the variable is protected by encapsulation, 
i cant resort to the MOOcode equivalent of ;$obj.prop = val
(or can i?)
as a corralary/aside, it seems that each param should have an
accessor for it which, if called with no args returns the value
of the associated variable (which is the current case usually i believe), and if called with args, sets the variable (perms depending of course) and if it cant for some reason returns an
error
Just some ramblings as i endevor to comprehend this stuff.
Ash 
Ray Nawara Jr (rayn@crossaccess.com, dreck@netcom.com, rnawara@tusol.cs.trinity.edu)