Re: private, protected, readonly, public

On 2006-05-17, Stanislav Malyshev <stas@zend.com> wrote: > JG>> private readable $abc; > JG>> - doesn't make sense. > JG>> > JG>> protected readable $abc; > JG>> - sub-class can read, not write > JG>> - not visible outside class > JG>> > JG>> public readable $abc; > JG>> - sub-class can read, and write > JG>> - outside class can read, not write > > For me such setup seems quite weird - why adding "readable" keyword to > "public $x" ort "protected $x" makes it read-only? It's not exactly > what > word "readable" means - it means you can read, not you can not write. > I'd say adding "readable" means everybody could read it, while writing still > restricted by access modifier, so readable private means only owner can > write, readable protected means owner and descendants can write and > readable public is just public. This would make more sense - if we decide > readable should be a modifier, of course. To me it seems this is going to lead to: (unwanted) readonly public, readonly protected, readonly private writeonly public, writeonly protected, writeonly private readwrite (or regular) public, protected and private -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Tim Van Wassenhove <http://timvw.madoka.be>