New GoF design pattern

CONSTIPATED ENCAPSULATION

#include <iostream>

class Anus
{
public:
Anus(int n=123):hax(&num) { num=n; }
void setNum(int n) { num=n; }
const int *const hax;
private:
int num;
} anus;

int main()
{
std::cout << *anus.hax << "\n";

anus.setNum(42);
std::cout << *anus.hax << "\n";

return 0;
}


Actually this pattern is pretty cool: your public data member is protected^[1] and, at the same time, you avoid stupid calls to getters.

I would change just one stupid thing:
- Anus(int n=123):hax(&num) { num=n; }
+ Anus(int n=123):hax(&num),num(n) {}

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_{[1] - "protected" at compile time: you always can cast the l-value and modify the content, but reinterpreting pointers is always possible and dangerous.}