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On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 12:18:48AM +0200, demerphq wrote: > > I agree, and I think that Jan's comment: > > <quote> > My personal opinion is that any FETCH magic or overloaded operator that > has observable side effects is essentially broken and abusing a feature. > You can always use a function or method call if you need exact control > over how your code is being called. > </quote> > > should, after appropriate editing, be added to the documentation for > tie as well. I *strongly* disagree with this sentiment. Part of the appeal of a tied variable is that you can throw it at a piece of code you do not control (or do not want to change). Saying one could just replace uses with a function or method call would have been a great argument when the tieing mechanism was first introduced - but we're way past this point now. AbigailThread Previous | Thread Next