On 10/9/07, Nathan Nobbe <quickshiftin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 10/9/07, Tony Marston <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Then how come these languages still offer PUBLIC access as an option? > > > > to expose a well defined interface of course. > > -nathan > and i have a question for you, Tony; are variables local to a function not part of the function implementation? i would say they are. and in that light it is understandable, even believable that class member variables comprise the implementation of the class, no ? -nathan