On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 10:44:45AM +0900, James Britt (rubydev) wrote: > I think the issue (possbly raised by Holub) is that, regardless of how > the getter derives the return value, the client becomes dependant on > that value type. So, if num_monkeys really should return a complex number > rather than an integer, client code breaks when that's changed. *Very* interesting. Any pointer to more information on the subject? Massimiliano