If my co-worker is violating my encapsulation, he/she is wrong.

Unfortunately, management rarely understands, nor cares, which party is "wrong" from the standpoint of computer science philosophy. Mostly, they just care whether or not the code you put into production breaks something; and if your patch to production code breaks something because you foolishly assumed your co-worker wasn't an idiot, you're going to have to answer for your mistaken assumption.

Never just assume competence on the part of other people, or even yourself for that matter, unless you have absolutely no choice. Double and triple check everything and verify that it is right.

Reliable systems come from multiple independent verifications and confirmation; not blind faith in the talents of the people working on them.
--
Ytrew

In reply to Re^2: Closure objects with public, private, and protected fields by Anonymous Monk
in thread Closure objects with public, private, and protected fields by gargle

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