C++ Coding Standards: 101 Rules, Guidelines, and Best Practices

11. SummaryDiscussionExceptionsReferences...

Don't tell: Don't expose internal information from an entity that provides an abstraction....

To minimize dependencies between calling code that manipulates an abstraction and the abstraction's implementation(s), data that is internal to the implementation must be hidden. Otherwise,...

Testing code often needs white-box access to the tested class or module. Value aggregates ("C-style structs") that simply bundle data without providing any abstraction do not...

[Brooks95] §19 • [McConnell93] §• [Parnas02] • [Stroustrup00] §• [SuttHysl04a]...