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Re: accessor generation???
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Re: accessor generation???


  • Subject: Re: accessor generation???
  • From: Cryx <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 18:59:55 -0500

On Tuesday, July 9, 2002, at 09:38 AM, Matt Neuburg wrote:
One problem - the biggest problem - is memory management. Beginners find
this confusing. [...] This makes a huge difference when you're just starting out
and sigbussing your way down in flames all the time (or, contrariwise,
leaking out the wazoo).

While I may agree with your other points, I believe that learning memory management is a crucial component of programming in any language. Using auto-generated accessors to gloss over memory management is probably more damaging than an up front effort at understanding the basic principles. When it is time to debug ref count issues, the lack of understanding will make that task all the more difficult.

Daryn
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