December 2011
Beginner
508 pages
13h 42m
English
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CHAPTER 7
Namespaces
7.1 Encapsulation in Functions
7.2 Global versus Local Namespaces
Solutions to Practice Problems
THIS CHAPTER presents namespaces as a fundamental construct for managing program complexity. As computer programs increase in complexity, it becomes necessary to adopt a modular approach and develop them using several smaller components that are developed, tested, and debugged individually. These components—whether they are functions, modules, or classes—must work together as a program but they also should not interfere, in unintended ways, with each other.
Modularity and “noninterference” (usually called encapsulation) are made possible thanks to the fact that each component has its own namespace. Namespaces organize the naming scheme in functions, modules, and classes so that names defined inside a component are not visible to other components. Namespaces play a key role in the execution of function calls and the normal control flow of a program. We contrast this with the exceptional control flow that is caused by a raised exception. We introduce exception handling as a way to control this control flow.
This chapter covers concepts and techniques that fundamentally deal with program design. We apply them in Chapter 8 to create new classes and in Chapter 10 to understand how recursive functions execute.
7.1 Encapsulation in Functions
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