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Subject: Re: Internal methods proposal
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins)

Dominic Grostate wrote on 24/11/2015 12:33:
>
>
> Dominic Grostate wrote on 24/11/2015 12:14: > I think this proposal 
> has been made before maybe here or discussed > elsewhere. Still, I'd 
> like to give my input on the idea. There have indeed been a couple of 
> discussions of this recently. Try searching for threads on a list 
> archive using terms such as "package visibility", "namespace 
> visibility", "private class", and the related notion of "friend class" 
> / "friend function". I wonder if we should maintain a Usenet-style FAQ 
> for this list, to make it easier to find what has previously been 
> discussed on a topic. Regards, -- Rowan Collins [IMSoP]
>
> Ah yes, I've seen them in the request bugs.
> https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52297
>
> It was suggested that a prototype be made, I have provided one, and it 
> should pass basic demos.  I just didn't want to take it further than 
> that unless it generate some interest.
>

I was thinking more of recent threads on this list, such as these:

http://marc.info/?l=php-internals&m=144608749903477&w=2
http://marc.info/?t=144720154700001&r=1&w=2
http://marc.info/?t=144639397900001&r=1&w=2

There are probably more if you search around, and a couple of people do 
seem to be working on prototypes.

Regards,
-- 
Rowan Collins
[IMSoP]