Where would readable be enforced? Would it try and prevent getting
references to it? Are there any internal functions/classes which need
fixing to honor readable?
I think these answers would really be helpful.
Thanks.
Andi
At 02:37 PM 5/16/2006, Marcus Boerger wrote:
Hello Andi,
that is why most here already switched to "public readable".
best regards
marcus
Tuesday, May 16, 2006, 11:31:14 PM, you wrote:
> I can't quite explain it but for me the ability to work-around
> private with methods which are able to access the private variable,
> is different than marking a property as read-only but it not being
> read-only in all semantics. Probably because private variables do
> often have getters and setters, whereas something which is marked as
> read-only (like a harddrive) tends to be read-only always.
> Andi
> At 02:08 PM 5/16/2006, Zeev Suraski wrote:
>>>However, the reason i write this mail is that you said there could be
>>>problems. Well this is deply integrated in the handlers and they don't
>>>let you out. In other words if this stuff is not working then the whole
>>>PHP 5+ object model is broken. Or in other words, if this is broken alot
>>>of other stuff regarding object handling is already broken.
>>
>>You're probably right about this one. You can already return a
>>reference to a private variable today and change it. Andi - did you
>>mean something else?
Best regards,
Marcus
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