Thread: encapsulation in c

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    encapsulation in c

    hi all
    i am newbie in c++. can we implement same encapsulation in c?
    may be my answer is yes.if we try using static variables it can be possible please somebody help me

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    You might wanna try to be a little more elaborate when asking questions - I can barely understand what it is you're asking.
    That said, c does not have the same facilities for encapsulation as c++. There is no way of making stuff private/protected, for one.
    You can still make a nice design with encapsulation in mind, but the c compiler doesn't really help you very much, as a c++-compiler can.
    So I'd say the anser is both yes and no.

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    That said, c does not have the same facilities for encapsulation as c++. There is no way of making stuff private/protected, for one.
    Yes there is. It's just not as easy. You can limit to file scope. You can limit to function scope. Both of these can provide a measure of encapsulation. I can write a function which contains all of its own variables that are only used internally. I can then write functions and an interface to use those functions, which are only accessable in a specific way. You will have no access to what is in my first function unless you use the functions I provide to access it.

    No, it's not pretty. But it'll work. (Yes, theoreticly you could find away around it, but in C++ you can get past private/protected/constant/etc/etc so the issue is really a nonpoint.)

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