Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hp-pcd!hplsla!jima
From: jima@hplsla.HP.COM (Jim Adcock)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: information hiding
Message-ID: <6590164@hplsla.HP.COM>
Date: 22 Jun 89 20:55:08 GMT
References: <6031@watdcsu.waterloo.edu>
Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA
Lines: 12

> Ultimately, I would like to give them a library containing my classes and
> NOTHING else.

Why?  Seems like letting people see a little bit of your class might be a 
good thing.  I find it very comforting to be able to look at complex.h for
example.  Reading it, I get the impression that the person writing it might
very well know what they're doing.  Yet not enough is given away that I 
could /cause/get into/ any trouble.

In any case, I hope you meant to say that you would like to at least give
them a manual page explaining how to use your class along with the library.
Software without good documentation isn't reusable.