tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5608455.post-1085352746016281922004-05-24T00:52:00.000+02:002004-06-28T13:41:59.610+02:00Hi all, long time since my last posting. <br /> <br />As you probably know, I'm not a C++ expert, even if I can almost read C++ code without many problems. <br /> <br />One thing that I didn't know is that encapsulation is not that strong as it is belived to be, there are 2 techniques that enable you to access all attributes inside a class and I'm going to show you: <br /><blockquote> <br /> Technique 1: <br /> <br />class D { <br />public: <br /> int x; <br />}; <br /> <br /> C c; <br /> (reinterpret_cast&lt;D*&gt;(&c))->x = 1; <br /> <br /> Technique 2: <br /> <br />#define private public <br />#include &lt;C_definition.h&gt; <br />#undef private <br /> <br /> C c; <br /> c.x = 1; <br /></blockquote> <br /> <br />This is just to say that Python is not the only one that plays some tricks instead of having real private attributes/methods. But again who really needs private methods?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5608455-108535274601628192?l=vvolonghi.blogspot.com'/></div>Valentinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13519795655711289924noreply@blogger.com0