On Mon, 8 Aug 2005, Roland Tapken wrote:

> > 3. There is no way for the magic methods to return a meaningfull error
> > when a property doesn't "exist". Of course it is possible to throw an
> > error with "trigger_error" or "throw" in case a property doesn't "exist"
> > in a specific class, but the file and line numbers would not match the
> > actually get/set action. debug_backtrace() can be used to retrieve the
> > correct file and line, but as you have to do this for every class where
> > you want to use setters and
> > getters *and* you have to implement your own error message rendering
> > function this is not really a suitable option either.
> 
> Don't know if this can be implemented... but what's about a 3rd boolean
> "handled" call-by-reference-parameter which must be switched to "TRUE" if
> the property could be handled? Should be TRUE if ommitted for bc reasons,
> of course.

That was my original idea.

Derick

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