On Sat, 1 Nov 2014 03:37:29 +1100, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 3:31 AM, Seymore4Head ><Seymore4Head@hotmail.invalid> wrote: >[presumably quoting his course material] >> In this class, we will follow the practice of accessing the contents >> of objects using methods known as getters and setters. While not >> required by Python, this practice encourages the user of the class to >> manipulates class objects solely via class methods. The advantage of >> following this practice is that the implementer of the class >> definition (often someone other than the user of the class) may >> restructure the organization of the data fields associated with the >> object while avoiding the need to rewrite code that uses the class. > >Yep, that's teaching C++/Java coding using Python. Isn't it time you >got onto a better course? Time and time again you've been going down >inadvisable paths, and it seems to me you could do better with the >inbuilt tutorial rather than this kind of course. > >ChrisA inbuilt tutorial? The course is free. You can't beat the price. It is only for a few more weeks. Trying to learn from reading the Internet has no set direction. I need a little nudge. More like a shove. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
