On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 02:31, Alan Knowles wrote:
> Thanks to a little chat (and a few beers) with Zak at the conference, I
> got wondering if this syntax would be a sensible addition...
[...]
> syntax:
> var [getter method] [setter method] $variable .....;
+1
Plus, another syntax suggestion (coming in closer to Delphi):
[type] $var read [getter] write [setter] [= default_value];
e.g.
var $variable read getBanana write setBanana = 12;
Maybe even adding the "default" keyword:
[type] $var read [getter] write [setter] default [= default_value];
e.g.
var $variable read getBanana write setBanana default = 12;
and array offsets as suggested in another mail:
[type] $var["[]"] read [getter] write [setter] default [=
default_value];
e.g.
var $variable[] read getBanana write setBanana default = array();
or alternatively
[type] $var read["[]"] [getter] write["[]"] [setter] default [=
default_value];
e.g.
var $variable read[] getBanana write[] setBanana default = array();
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[type] is either "var", "public", "private" or "protected"
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The default property is probably best explained in this example:
class StringList {
public $strings[] read get write put default = array();
function get($index) {
return $this->strings[$index];
}
function put($index, $value) {
$this->strings[$index]= $value;
}
}
$s= new StringList();
$s['hello']= 'world';
This would be equivalent to
$s->strings['hello']= 'world';
and call
$s->put('hello', 'world');
although the default property is probably quite a bitch to handle
parser-wise.
--
Timm
Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature
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