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From: randy@uokmax.uucp (Longshot)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Man Pages for C++ Objects ??
Keywords: <OBJ>(9)
Message-ID: <1990May2.232432.11847@uokmax.uucp>
Date: 2 May 90 23:24:32 GMT
References: <4131@infmx.UUCP>
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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In article <4131@infmx.UUCP> briand@infmx.UUCP (brian donat) writes:
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-Has anybody out there considered what a Unix Manual Page might
-contain, regarding C++ Objects? 
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-   For example,  one might suppose that it might be valuable
-   to list on such pages 
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-	The entire object declaration and any declarations
-        for objects which are 'base' to it.    
-

I disagree. Part of the reasoning behind data abstraction is the lack of
necessity for such knowledge. It's interface should be known-- any accessible
instance variables and methods. Private variables and methods should stay
that way.

Randy
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