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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Deprecate dynamic properties
From: smalyshev@gmail.com (Stanislav Malyshev)

Hi!

> The crux of the issue is what our end goal is:
> 
> 1. Require users to explicitly annotate classes that use dynamic
> properties, but otherwise keep dynamic properties as a fully supported part
> of the core language.
> 2. Remove support for dynamic properties entirely. The core language only
> has declared properties and __get/__set, and nothing else. stdClass is just
> a very efficient implementation of __get/__set.

I think goal (1) is reasonable for the long run, and goal (2) is taking 
it a bit too far for PHP.

-- 
Stas Malyshev
smalyshev@gmail.com