With C++ you have the third option where the compiler makes sure that the "people will do the right thing" with the private keyword - assuming they're not doing some weird pointer math to access the private members..
Of course, you'll have to deal with ABI stability now but it's all tradeoffs for what your requirements are.
With C++ you have the third option where the compiler makes sure that the "people will do the right thing" with the private keyword - assuming they're not doing some weird pointer math to access the private members..
Of course, you'll have to deal with ABI stability now but it's all tradeoffs for what your requirements are.