Questions about setters
P T Withington
ptw at pobox.com
Thu Jul 24 13:30:19 PDT 2008
Can I override a setter? Can I call the setter I override using
super? How exactly?
> class foo {
> var barstate;
> function set bar (value) { barstate = bar }
> function get bar () { return barstate }
> }
>
> class annotatedFoo {
> override function set bar (value) {
> note('setting bar');
> // how do I call my super?
> super['set bar'](value);
> }
> override function get bar () {
> note('getting bar');
> // how do I call my super?
> return super['get bar']();
> }
> }
Can `super` by itself mean "call next method"? That would seem like a
useful shortcut, and avoid the question of how you call a method with
a space in its name.
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