Roy Johnson,
You asked in the CB what was wrong with this node. I am replying here for the benefit of everyone - not just those present in the CB at the time. It sounds like you are recommending breaking encapsulation. This may not be the case, but when you say "just let the user directly access the member", it implies $obj->{member} which would break if the underlying object were later turned into an array for instance.

I am not saying your node is wrong, I am saying I can see why people might think that. If this isn't what you are suggesting, perhaps you should provide something a bit more clear.

Cheers - L~R

In reply to Re^2: 'Set' Method Return Value by Limbic~Region
in thread 'Set' Method Return Value by jdhedden

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