> The problem isn't strictly the methods themselves, it's more a > matter of making them use the right set of data. Therefore, would it > not be just as effective to implement getters/setters on the > appropriate datasources: /.../
That could be a simpler alternative, I guess. I think it'd be slightly slower though. > My understanding is that the getter/setters operate at a lower level than > standard `->(), so it's impossible to avoid them being called, which is > desirable in this case. Yes. That's why I prefer the syntax `foo and `foo=, besides it being shorter. I actually think it's somewhat unfortunate that the `->foo and `->foo= syntax wasn't removed from the start, because it just adds confusion.
