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Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 11:27:00 -0600
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Method parameter promotion support
From: pollita@php.net (Sara Golemon)

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On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 10:43 AM Pierre R. <pierre-php@processus.org> wrote=
:
> Le 26/11/2020 =C3=A0 17:30, David Rodrigues a =C3=A9crit :
> > It is just an idea to discuss. PHP 8 now supports parameter promotion
via
> > constructor. Could this idea also work for common methods?
> >
> > public function setAge(private int $age) {}
> > =3D=3D=3D
> > private int $age;
> > public function setAge(int $age) { $this->age =3D $age; }
>
> It sounds weird for me,

Same.  I'd also add that for solving this problem (boilerplate accessors),
I'd much rather see us adopt C# like accessor methods and/or offer
something like the expressive methods that Larry suggested a couple weeks
ago.

Both of those have a more generalized path to addressing this, IMO.

-Sara

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