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Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2024 17:20:00 +0000
To: "php internals" <internals@lists.php.net>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC[ Property accessor hooks, take 2
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From: larry@garfieldtech.com ("Larry Garfield")

On Mon, Mar 4, 2024, at 3:45 PM, Robert Landers wrote:

> I would think that simply using return-to-set would be the simplest
> solution, if you need to run something after it's set, you can use the
> regular way of running code after a return:
>
> try {
>   return $value + 100;
> } finally {
>   // this runs after returning
> }

That would not work.  Fun fact, the finally block runs *before* return.  (This is a common point of confusion.)  So this would still not allow for statements to run after the assignment itself (the return) happens.

--Larry Garfield