Re: gtk2-perl / easily accessing objects properties

[Guillaume Cottenceau <gc mandrakesoft com>]

lanzz lanzz org writes:

> On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 pozsy sch bme hu wrote:
>
> > > GET: $window->allow_shrink;
> > > SET: $window->allow_shrink($flag);
> > > which is shorter and cleaner.
> >
> > But please implement those such a way that SET always returns the
> > $flag just set. (ie. ->allow_shrink etc always acts as GET, but if you
> > supply an argument, it also acts as a SET beforehand.)
>
> would be better to return the old value. so you could say

There is no semantic meaning in returning a value when doing a
set, neither the new nor the old value, in my opinion.

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