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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 15:16:37 +0000
To: Larry Garfield <larry@garfieldtech.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC[ Property accessor hooks, take 2
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From: internals@gpb.moe ("Gina P. Banyard")

On Tuesday, 27 February 2024 at 23:17, Larry Garfield <larry@garfieldtech.c=
om> wrote:

> I genuinely don't understand the pushback on $value. It's something you l=
earn once and never have to think about again. It's consistent.
>=20
> Ilija jokingly suggested making it always $value, unconditionally, and al=
lowing only the type to be specified if widening:
>=20
> public int $foo { set(int|float) =3D> floor($value); }
>=20
>=20
> Though I suspect that won't go over well, either. :-)

Same, I don't understand the pushback on $value, for me this seems clearer =
and less confusing than the existing $this variable when I was first learni=
ng about OOP.
And I would be in favour of just making it always $value, if people feel th=
at strongly about being able to name it with a custom name they could propo=
se this as a follow-up RFC.

One thing the RFC should note, which I would expect to be the same as the a=
rray cast, is how do backed/virtual properties interact with get_mangled_ob=
ject_vars()

Best regards,

Gina P. Banyard