Re: Re: protected/private access and var_dump/print_r
| From: | Sara Golemon | Date: | Thu, 20 May 2004 17:57:14 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: protected/private access and var_dump/print_r | ||
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> >I hope that everyone will be happy with this. var_dump() is still BC
since
> >it does not print ":public" on public properties.
> >
> Fine with me. I'm not sure printing public is a bad idea. How many ppl
> actually use this in their application for purposes other than debugging?
>
I sure hope noone is, but worst case scenario (on protected/public) is that
the variable name looks wrong to an application. Since they didn't have
those to begin with it's not so-much taking anything away from them.
On the patch: +1
As to printing :public on public props I'm -1 on that. There's no benefit
from tacking on those extra characters and people are familiar with the
current syntax. Besides, it's what print_r() has been doing for some time
now so those that truly care have had an opporotunity to accomodate to that
style.
-Sara