Re: Oracle8's new features - what are they

From: Drew Wade <drew_at_objy.com.junk>
Date: 1997/05/31
Message-ID: <AFB555139668113716@irv-ca15-15.ix.netcom.com>#1/1

In article <Pine.NEB.3.95.970522095006.3815C-100000_at_cripplecock.sarc.city., Akmal B Chaudhri <akmal_at_no_spam.uk> wrote:

>Couldn't stored procedures be considered a _form_ of encapsulation?

only if the procedures are associated with the object type and do in fact hide the internals of the object. free floating functions are useful, but are not encapsulation.
regards,
drew

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