Re: [CFV] how to mark protected items?

Tomas V.V.Cox wrote: >Joshua Eichorn wrote: >> Tomas V.V.Cox wrote: >> >>> >>> Nope, for PHP4 is clear stated in CS that needs "_" >>> (http://pear.php.net/manual/en/standards.naming.php). Too much code >>> wrote this way. >>> >>> This discussion should only be for PHP5. >>> >> Except thats for private in the standard not protected. > >Well, in CS there was no distiction, '_' was for private and protected. >Was thought for "protecting" the user not the developer :-) Making a distinction between private, protected and public seems stupid in PHP4. The idea is more to let the user know that he shouldn't access the instance variable prefixed with _ directly for reasons like: - the API might change - there is an accessor method available - touch it and you might break the code (More to be defined if necessary...) I suggest that if a variable belongs to these, and the code is PHP4, then the variable be prefixed with _ in order to warn the user. If the code is PHP5, enforce _ for private only. Bertrand Mansion Mamasam