[anon8764]

> Comments like this break the HN guidelines about civility.

Understandable. I take that comment back, I respect the opinions of people here on hn more than that of other forums.

> Obama's birth certificate surely also qualifies as a "classic flamewar topic", so you've broken the guidelines there too.

Not trying to start any flame war, just wanted to know if anyone validated these variables, just as you would ensure a class was properly initialized before calling its getters. Purely after the data.

> We ban accounts that do that repeatedly, so please read and follow them when posting on this site.

Very well. Thank you for the subsequent information.