Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!hsdndev!husc6!purdue!svb From: svb@cs.purdue.EDU (Stephan Bechtolsheim) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: MEMBER ACCESS Message-ID: <14893@ector.cs.purdue.edu> Date: 3 Jun 91 12:35:03 GMT References: <97edfa6b92f028446f60@rose.uucp> <2351@media03.UUCP> Sender: news@cs.purdue.EDU Organization: Department of Computer Science, Purdue University Lines: 7 I happen to agree with the original request, and that's to have the possibility to declare read only access. As far as I am concerned A.get_x() doesn't read as well as does A.x I also admit: it's a matter of taste.