Re: Property Hooks Discussion

> Ah, I see now what you meant, Robert. This already doesn't hold. > > class Foo { > public int $prop; > } > $foo = new Foo(); > $value = '42'; > $foo->prop = $value; > var_dump($value === $foo->prop); > // false I don’t know if this has been closed or discussed further in private but this has just came to me: This could be solved with some kind of an operator overloading for the property, but then it would just raise more questions to answer / problems to solve. But the problem mentioned above can well happen even if one would use the same types. class Baz { public function clone(): self { // create new instance into which I copy all my properties. } } class Foo { public Baz $val { beforeSet(Baz $new) => $new->clone(); } }