Re: [CFV] how to mark protected items?

On Tue, Jun 22, 2004 at 04:08:44PM -0400, Hans Lellelid wrote: > > They're screwed anwyay, Dan. > > Any PEAR package that is gonna upgrade to PHP5 is going to do so to take > advantage of new language features. In the long term, that's not necessarily the case. > There is no easy migration path for > user schmoe when all of a sudden the underlying package starts throwing > PEAR_Exception instead of returning PEAR_Error. Okay. But why add yet another bump in the road? > IMHO upgradeablity should not be a consideration when designing coding > standards I disagree. > That said it's a great opportunity to end non-applicable practices > inherited from PHP4. I'd say the '_' on protected methods/properties > (if it gains the needed votes) would be one of those ideas, a product of > the limitations in PHP4. The underscores are helpful cues even when using PHP 5. --Dan -- T H E A N A L Y S I S A N D S O L U T I O N S C O M P A N Y data intensive web and database programming http://www.AnalysisAndSolutions.com/ 4015 7th Ave #4, Brooklyn NY 11232 v: 718-854-0335 f: 718-854-0409