I think that depends on the situation, environment and language. As long as e.g. PHP is not strict typed you need them of course. In public apis you can't change the access later. So you have to use them from the beginning.

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OOP: Are getters and setters good or not?

Ok, so maybe I can start with one of the never ending discussion: Are getters and setters good or not? It's common situation that programmer, when... plus.google.com Visit link →

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I think that depends on the situation, environment and language. As long as e.g. PHP is not strict typed you need them of course. In public apis you can't change the access later. So you have to use them from the beginning.

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