Re: [RFC] __debug_info()

hi, On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 10:37 PM, Lars Strojny <lars@strojny.net> wrote: > Hi Sara, > > On 21 Jan 2014, at 22:26, Sara Golemon <pollita@php.net> wrote: > >> Something new to argue about: >> >> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/debug-info > > Love it, two things: the var_dump() properties will be replaced (not merged) with the > "real" properties in the object (I am asking as that would make it very very cool for > stuff like doctrine, where lazy loaded entities are way too large to dump)? As for the name, I would > prefer __debugInfo() as in __callStatic(). I know there is __set_state() but that's something > that needs deprecation and fixing :) I can only second both statements. Love the idea (very useful!) and it should indeed follow other "magic" method naming convention. One additional comment, I am not sure about the manual merge of properties. Maybe it should create an additional property called "debugInfo" or something similar and store the result of __debugInfo in it? It could be more user-friendly and less confusing. Cheers, -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org