Speaking of which, parent::foo ( with :: but no $) might work as well, almost *any* character change could work...
parent:::$foo parent:$foo parent->$foo parent->foo parent.$foo parent.foo I favor having the $ in some solution though... -Clint On Jan 4, 2013, at 5:04 AM, Clint Priest <cpri...@zerocue.com> wrote: > Missed that bit... I think that would add two bits of inconsistency > though... (Without the $) > > -Clint > > On Jan 4, 2013, at 1:18 AM, Stas Malyshev <smalys...@sugarcrm.com> wrote: > >> Hi! >> >>> A recent suggestion from Stas is to use parent->$foo (note the use of -> >>> rather than ::) >> >> I actually proposed parent->foo. parent->$foo implies the name of the >> variable is "$foo", not "foo" - just as in $this->$foo. Yes, I know it >> does not match parent::$foo - but I can't do much about it. In any case, >> better not to add another inconsistency to the list of existing ones. >> >> -- >> Stanislav Malyshev, Software Architect >> SugarCRM: http://www.sugarcrm.com/ >> (408)454-6900 ext. 227 > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
