Hi Clint, In order to achieve read-only and write-only, we could do something similar to this:
/* Explicitly read-only, sub-classes may redefine the getter but may not define a setter */ public $Hours { get() { ... } final private set() {} } This would make the additional keyword superfluous. It's very similar to what is currently done in Singleton classes that usually have private constructors. Second, I'd like to throw in the idea of array accessors. I mentioned this before, but did not get any response. public $Addresses { offsetSet($offset, $value) { ... } offsetGet() { ... } offsetUnset($offset) { ... } offsetExists($offset) { ... } } The reasoning for this feature is that in object-oriented design you have to process logic when establishing bidirectional associations between objects. For example, adding an Address to a Contact instance would require Address::$Contact to be set as well if the association is bidirectional. public $Addresses { offsetSet($offset, $address) { $address->Contact = $this; } } $contact->Addresses[] = new Address(); What do you think about supporting this? Cheers, Bernhard -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php