Re: RFC: C-sharp style property get/set syntax for PHP

> president@basnetworks.net wrote: >> I feel that the downfall of this syntax, is that the get and set methods >> can easily be scattered at either end of a class definition. With the >> syntaxes I provided, it is easy to tell which of the methods a property >> has defined at a quick glance, because everything is in on spot. >> >> Additionally, public/private/protected/final/abstract/etc only has to be >> specified once on the property (but can be specified separately! - see >> the >> RFC). This means less to read, and clearer, cleaner syntax. >> >> Lastly, I think that grouping the two methods just makes sense, because >> a >> property is one conceptual object, not two. Separating the two methods >> makes as much sense logically as does separating a class definition into >> two parts. >> >> - Dennis > Grouping the get and set is a good convention. But grouping all the gets > (doing > pretty similar things) and all the sets can be as good as it. You would > need to > enter into each class/project to see which convention fits better. Grouping all the gets and all the sets can already be done using __get and __set. That is great when dealing with collections of data, but not good at all for dealing with individual properties. They are both meant for different situations, and I think would live quite happily along side each other. Because of that, I think grouping the get/set of an individual property is the best approach possible. - Dennis