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Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:49:34 +0100
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To: Cal <cal@icical.net>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Propety Accessors v1.1
From: leight@gmail.com (Leigh)

On 11 October 2012 12:46, Cal <cal@icical.net> wrote:
> For me the best solution would be a new keyword, equivalent to a "var"
> without write access from outside the class:

New keywords should not (will not) be introduced trivially, they can
cause massive headaches with backwards compatibility breaks, and
should be a last resort only when absolutely necessary.

Re-using existing keywords is the most logical solution. (i.e.
suggestions such as "public get" and "protected/private set")