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Thread-Topic: Getters/Setters and parent getter/setter access
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Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:15:04 +0000
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Subject: Getters/Setters and parent getter/setter access
From: cpriest@zerocue.com (Clint M Priest)

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The RFC here: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/propertygetsetsyntax

Talks about allowing a sub-class to access a parent getter via TimePeriod::=
$Milliseconds or possibly parent::$Milliseconds.

Either of those methods (currently) tries to access a static property in th=
e parent or defined class.  It would probably break existing code if we tri=
ed to make the parent:: or TimePeriod:: syntax to access the parent accesso=
r.

Anyone have any suggestions on an alternative syntax?

I'm sure I could change it so that parent:: or TimePeriod:: from within a g=
etter/setter would cause it to access the parent getter/setter but that wou=
ld create an inconsistency within the language.

Ideas?

-Clint

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