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Sean P. DeNigris

Description Data - Properties Vs. Inst Vars

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Looking through the MADescription hierarchy, *almost* all field data is
stored as properties, except MAReferenceDescription>>#reference,
MAOptionDescription>>#options and a few others. Why these anomalies? Design
decision or mistake?

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NorbertHartl

Re: Description Data - Properties Vs. Inst Vars

To me it is more a separation between mandatory and optional fields. If a class is called
ReferenceDescription it feels natural it has a reference instVar. Same for OptionDescription.

I don’t see the need for unifying anything.

Norbert

> Am 24.09.2018 um 19:31 schrieb Sean P. DeNigris <[hidden email]>:
>
> Looking through the MADescription hierarchy, *almost* all field data is
> stored as properties, except MAReferenceDescription>>#reference,
> MAOptionDescription>>#options and a few others. Why these anomalies? Design
> decision or mistake?
>
>
>
> -----
> Cheers,
> Sean
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