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On Jan 30, 2005, at 06:40, Chris Pressey wrote:
When talking about object-orientation, the subject of encapsulation comes up a lot. I don't think encapsulation is a goal unto itself, though; it is one way to achieve something more important - that is, isolation. We don't want anything in thing A to affect anything in thing B - except, perhaps, for a very narrow, well-defined protocol between the two things.
Personally, I don't mind "isolating the encapsulation" one way or another. The fact that a monstrosity like LUObject provides it is purely accidental.
My main motivation was to provide the equivalent of theatrical "unities": unity of place, time and action.
http://ise.uvic.ca/Library/SLTnoframes/drama/unities.html Cheers -- PA, Onnay Equitursay http://alt.textdrive.com/