[Exceptional C++ Style] Item 17 - Encapsulation

[Hammond, Peter]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Jagger [mailto:jon at jaggersoft.com]
> Sent: 20 December 2004 21:06
> To: solosnake at solosnake.com; effective-cpp at accu.org
> Subject: Re: [Exceptional C++ Style] Item 17 - Encapsulation

<big snip> 

> But none of these apply in my case. Bending the design of 
> what I know I 
> need to accomodate hypothetical features I cannot imagine wanting or 
> needing (after many months of intimate experience) does not 
> seem a good 
> idea. Design is not about providing the maximum number of 
> features and 
> "flexibility" (whatever that means) - it's about providing 
> the _minimum_ 
> number of features. Constraints do not limit design they provoke it.

To paraphrase a famous quote, a design is complete when there is nothing
more to remove.

Pete.

> 
> Cheers
> Jon
> 
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