Is defining get/set methods for every field overkill?

[thebluepandabear]

On Monday, 21 November 2022 at 23:25:21 UTC, []() {}() wrote:
> On Monday, 21 November 2022 at 11:56:59 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
>> ..
>> You took the question as whether to define them for class 
>> hierarchies, safety-critical systems, etc.
>>
>> Ali
>
> Or even in a very, very simple counter class:
>
>
> public synchronized class Counter
> {
>     static import core.atomic;
>
>     private:
>         int count = 0;
>
>     public:
>         void incrementCounter()
>         {
>             if ((count + 1) < 0)
>             {
>                 // you might want to handle this
>             }
>             else
>                 core.atomic.atomicOp!"+="(this.count, 1);
>         }
>
>         int displayCounter()
>         {
>             return count;
>         }
> }

But why give a C++ code example? 🤨