Beautiful C++: 30 Core Guidelines for Writing Clean, Safe, and Fast Code

Chapter 5.3

I.30: Encapsulate rule violations

Hiding the unsightly things in life

I have a room in my house that nobody may enter. It is too small to be a bedroom and too large to be a closet, but not quite large enough to be a useful office. I have no idea what the architect was thinking, but I have found a use for this room.

I like things to be neat and tidy. I like a place for everything and everything in its place. It means I can find things when I need them, rather than spending time trying to search for things that have not been correctly put away.

Unfortunately, the universe does not always support me in my aims. I carefully categorize things so that similar items are stored together, but I may have a surplus of, for example, staplers ...