A modest proposal for curing the public field phobia

Field accessor methods have become a ubiquitous feature of object-oriented programming. The definition and use of such methods promote code bloat and an unnatural expression style. We propose a simple addition to the C++ language move the burden of providing abstraction support for fields from the programmer to the compiler. Keywords Field; object accessor method; getter methods; overloading; C++

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2002
• Where: SIGPLAN
• Authors: Diomidis Spinellis
• Keywords: Accessor Method, Field Accessor Methods, SIGPLAN 2002, System Software, Unnatural Expression Style