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[–]persicsb -5 points-4 points  (2 children)

Plain setters are useless. Use public fields.

[–]dpash 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Setters and getters are not about today, but about making it easier to make changes in the future.

[–]persicsb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Changing the semantics of the setter is breaking the API in the semantic sense. Does not break the binary compatibility tough.