From: Lew on
Peter Duniho wrote:
> Of course, as it happens, the OP has followed up and pointed to the
> reference from which he took the advice. And note that while the

Only after someone else cited it first.

> general shape of the pattern you mention is included as part of the
> argument, that pattern is not in and of itself the justification given
> for the advice.
>
> The author the OP is referencing on the issue makes some good points
> IMHO. But in the end, I think those points are undermined significantly
> by the large body of work that already exists that doesn't follow the
> advice and yet which still works quite well.

And all this remains germane to C++ but not Java.

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Lew