Author: Bo Persson
Date: 12:39:07 10/18/02
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On October 17, 2002 at 19:29:30, Peter Fendrich wrote: >Is there any reason why 'protected' data should have better performance than >'public'? What could the compier do with this extra information? >Peter No, and nothing. :-) Making a member private stops *you* from updating it from where ever in the program. *That* might improve your code and let the compiler optimize better. The compiler can see all of your code, and does not have to trust in declarations. Rather it checks them out to see if they are correct! BTW, 'protected' data is *very* rare. Use 'private'. Bo Persson bop2@telia.com
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