[Exceptional C++ Style] Item 14: Order, Order!

[White Wolf]

Kevlin Henney <kevlin at curbralan.com> wrote:
> In message
<20041213170753.ZPVO11200.fep02-app.kolumbus.fi at EVO>, White 
> Wolf <wolof at freemail.hu> writes
> >>
> >> In that case it is a definition that you should make
> >> explicit, because the definition of strength is otherwise
> >> unqualified and people will fall back on the associations
> >> normally used when describing relationship strength and
> >> thoughts of coupling, cohesion and dependency management in
> >> general. However, even after clarifying the terminology,
> >> friendship still ranks second: membership is a stronger
binding.
> >
> >Why?  A member does not depend on the class containing it.
> 
> Err, yes it does: that is fundamental to the definition of
membership!

Sorry.  I meant the type of the member.  I assumed we were
talking about types.  Sorry for the confusion.

WW aka Attila