[fpc-pascal] How to have smaller units

[Amir]

Defining the elements as public (or having public getters/setters) 
allows anyone who initializes the class to set/update the values. This 
is what I do not want. I just want the other class(es) defined in the 
same unit to be able to do so.


On 11/28/25 2:27 PM, Tomas Hajny via fpc-pascal wrote:
> On 2025-11-28 22:58, Amir via fpc-pascal wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
>>  One of the main thing bothering me while developing projects in 
>> Pascal is that my units are getting huge in size! The main reason is 
>> that the nice property that the classes could access each other 
>> private members if they are defined in the same unit motivates/forces 
>> me to define a lot of classes in the same unit. Then, all the 
>> functions/procedures implementation must go into the same unit. I 
>> know I can use inc file but I do not like it! The other option is to 
>> use "Cracker" pattern, in Delphi, which is fine but seems like a hack!
>>
>>   In C++, the concept of header files vs c++ files is helpful. In 
>> Golang, one could implement the functions for a class in several 
>> files, as long as they are in the same directory (namespace).
>>
>>   Wondering if there is a solution for this in Object-Pascal?
>
> What prevents you from declaring the class members as public if you 
> want/need to access them from other classes? What prevents you from 
> using (public) getters/setters and/or other methods instead of 
> accessing the members directly?
>
> Tomas
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