Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > The "Law" of Demeter isn't about *how* you access objects, it's about > what interfaces to objects you can "legally" manipulate without undue > instability across refactoring. In other words, it's about semantics, > not syntax. And it's led a lot of Java programmers down a path that > makes their programs less, not more, readable.
Not only Java programmers -- I know I've mis-applied LoD many times. When should it (not) be applied? I don't find any inaccuracies in 'How to apply the LawOfDemeter successfully' at c2.com (link below), but I couldn't call it a decent explanation of the problem: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?LawOfDemeterIsTooRestrictive [...] John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
