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From: "Jeff Lowery" <>
> > And since this can be done in C++ too, the question now is:
> > Which languages (except C and Java) do *not* support the feature
> > described above (often called "properties")?
>
> What I object to (no pun intended) is having to write all those stinkin'
> set/get methods. Why can't I just write:
>
> private, public int foo; // private data member, public
> accessors
>
> which will (tacitly) generate:
>
> int getFoo() { return foo;}
> void setFoo( int Foo ) { foo = Foo;}
>
> with appropriate calls to super.get/set methods in cases of derived classes.
> Then, if I have too, I can override tacit methods by explicitely writing
> method bodies.
I think what you suggest should be done by the IDE not by the language definition.
It's just about saving keystrokes, if I understand you correctly.
Karl
