From -9078802690963555941 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,b7c75670fa7d6d63,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: kingsum@mrl001.intel.com (Kingsum Chow) Subject: Read Only Data Members Date: 1996/10/14 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 189542467 x-original-date: 11 Oct 1996 20:21:52 GMT organization: Intel Corp., Hillsboro, Oregon x-auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ reply-to: kingsum@ichips.intel.com newsgroups: comp.std.c++ originator: austern@isolde.mti.sgi.com Read only data members can be written by member functions but can only be read by clients. I can think of two methods to implement it. A conventional one is to get a `get' function to get the value of a private data member. Another one is to leave the data member in the public, but `const' and member functions need to un`const' it when assigning a new value to it. In some simulations there are lots of read only data members and both methods are not satisfactory. Does the new standard of c++ supports a more convenient way to express read only data members? Thanks in advance, Kingsum -- // #include //-------------------------------------- // Kingsum Chow (kingsum@ichips.intel.com) // MRL JF3-359 (pole: JF3-3H9) --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles: Try just posting with your newsreader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu comp.std.c++ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern/std-c++/faq.html Moderation policy: http://reality.sgi.com/austern/std-c++/policy.html Comments? mailto:std-c++-request@ncar.ucar.edu ]