SCAM
2005
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
2005
IEEE
Differing views have been expressed on the appropriateness of the friend construct in the design and implementation of object-oriented software in C++. However, little empirical a...
IWPC
2005
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
2005
IEEE
A commonly held belief is that the friend construct in C++ is a violation of encapsulation. However, little empirical analysis of its use has taken place to provide evidence to su...