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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] [VOTE] __debugInfo()
From: cryptocompress@googlemail.com (Crypto Compress)

> Apart from the aforementioned array cast which is both easy and fast.
>

It's not easy nor fast to change output of a whole object graph.

 > Changing class definitions/methods of whole object graph is obviously 
not an option.
 > Casting to array is of no help as only for current object and only 
for public props.


> Personally, I think the potential for improving debug output far
> outweighs the potential for abusing it to hide important info.
>
> -Sara

Yes, so why not add extra method for this? "pretty_dump()"
This "abuse" is way common then you think (99%?).