> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stas Malyshev [mailto:smalys...@sugarcrm.com]
> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 10:33 PM
> To: Clint M Priest
> Cc: internals@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: Property get/set syntax
> 
> Hi!
> 
> > empty() - Returns true for a property retrieved via __get() or via a
> > getter -- Any idea why this would be the case for __get()?  Is this a
> > bug?
> 
> isset() calls __isset(), empty() calls __isset() and __get(). I'm not sure 
> what exactly you consider to be a bug.

I see, well the only way to resolve this would be to add isset and unset 
property functions as well.

Anyone against it?

> 
> > unset() - Would unset a temporary variable (the one returned by the
> > getter) -- see previous email re: adding unset/isset property
> > functions.
> 
> unset() calls __unset().
> 
> > sort() - Does the same thing as with __get()/__set() which is to say,
> > the array is sorted but the property is not updated with the value.
> > Should accessor behave differently than the magic methods?  Should
> > this just be documents or should this be fixed?
> 
> sort() works just fine if you define __get to return by-ref.

Returning by reference was not documented in the original RFC, would this 
syntax work for everyone?

public $Hours {
        &get { return $this->a; }
}

> 
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