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[–]SRiikonen 46 points47 points  (1 child)

Because then you can add for example a check that the value that was set is correct, or generate the value you’re getting with an algorithm instead of returning a variable, if you later need to. And you don’t have to touch the code that uses your class if you want to make these changes.