I'm a noob just getting into classes in VC++ (2008). I've seen a lot of examples where one member function will call another, and the called member function will have nothing but a return statement. Here's the latest example I was looking at:
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-within the class "BankAccount":
public:
double get_balance();
private:
double balance;
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-never mentioned in driver file!
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-in implementation file:
double BankAccount::get_balance()
{
return balance;
}
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Is this a formality? Planning for later? Or does it actually set a value somewhere?