[REBOL] Re: Object private member (was: objects: overhead, private data, naming

From: dockimbel:free at: 20-Sep-2001 15:20

Hi Christophe,

CRS - Psy Sel/SPO, COUSSEMENT, Christophe, CPN
 wrote:
> Hi REBOLians:
>
> About object private members, could anybody explain this to me:
>
> <code>
> o: context [
>     _a: 5
>     set '_b 10
>     get-a: does [print-a]
>     set 'print-a does [print _a]
>     set 'get-b does [print _b]
> ]
> </code>
[...]
> So... it looks like within an object, the use of 'set invoque a
> privatization of the word, which is not any more visible from the outside.

No, you've defined '_b and 'get-b in the global context ! That's why o/_b and
o/get-b return an error.

>>_b
== 10
>>get-b
10

Regards,

DocKimbel.

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