It looks a lot like the lazy loading en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazy_loading
I use it all the time in Java and works fine. Hibernate for instance uses it at its full extent. It's clever and useful.
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While this article uses a specific instance of lazy loading getters as an example for clever code, the article was more a commentary on clever code and not as much on lazy props.
The message I am trying to deliver here is: Clever code will yield equally clever bugs. If you keep your code dumb your bugs will be dumb as well. Dumb bugs are easier to find and squash.
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It looks a lot like the lazy loading en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazy_loading
I use it all the time in Java and works fine. Hibernate for instance uses it at its full extent. It's clever and useful.
While this article uses a specific instance of lazy loading getters as an example for clever code, the article was more a commentary on clever code and not as much on lazy props.
The message I am trying to deliver here is: Clever code will yield equally clever bugs. If you keep your code dumb your bugs will be dumb as well. Dumb bugs are easier to find and squash.