Are get and set functions popular with C++ programmers?

Question

I\'m from the world of C# originally, and I\'m learning C++. I\'ve been wondering about get and set functions in C++. In C# usage of these are quite popular, and tools like

Answer 1

If you use C++/CLI as your varient of C++, then it has native property support in the language, so you can use

property String^ Name;

This is the same as

String Name{get;set;}

in C#. If you need more precise control over the get/set methods then you can use

property String^ Name
{
   String^ get();
   void set(String^ newName);
}

in the header and

String^ ClassName::Name::get()
{
   return m_name;
}

void ClassName::Name::set(String^ newName)
{
   m_name = newName;
}

in the .cpp file. I can't remember off hand, but I think you can have different access permissions for the get and set methods (public/private etc).

Colin