What good are public variables then?

Question

I\'m a total newbie with tons of ?\'s in my mind and a lot to experience with C++ yet! There\'s been something which I find really confusing and it\'s the use of public vari

Answer 1

One of the more interesting trends is auto implemented properties. So instead of having to write the getters and setters you just have to write a property and the compiler does the rest. You still have the option of writing the getters and setters, but you don't have to write all of the boiler plate code for what should just be 1 line. If you need to add range checking etc later, you can just create the property the old fashioned way and keep the interface to your class the same.

I have seen this in the latest versions of C#, Objective-C and VB and it can be quite helpful. VB's implementation doesn't offer as much flexibility as C#, but I am sure it will catch up pretty quickly.