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Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 19:15:45 +0000
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Subject: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Asymmetric Visibility, v2
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From: larry@garfieldtech.com ("Larry Garfield")

As promised, Ilija and I offer this revised version of asymmetric visibility.  

https://wiki.php.net/rfc/asymmetric-visibility-v2

It's still essentially the same as last year's version, but with a few adjustments and changes:

* readonly properties are now supported in a logical fashion.
* We've brought back the abbreviated form, as public-read, something else set is the most common use case.
* The section on magic methods has been greatly simplified.  The implementation itself hasn't changed, but the explanation is a lot less confusing now.
* We've explained how aviz interacts with hooks (they don't, really) and with interface properties (in the obvious way), which didn't exist at the time of the last draft.
* We've added a section with examples of how aviz is a concrete improvement, even in a world with readonly and hooks.
* We've added a section discussing why the prefix-style syntax was chosen.

*dons flame retardant suit*

-- 
  Larry Garfield
  larry@garfieldtech.com