Questions about setters

[Lars Hansen]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: es4-discuss-bounces at mozilla.org [mailto:es4-discuss-
> bounces at mozilla.org] On Behalf Of P T Withington
> Sent: 24. juli 2008 22:30
> To: es4-discuss at mozilla.org es4-discuss
> Subject: Questions about setters
> 
> Can I override a setter?  

That's the intent.

> Can I call the setter I override using super?  How exactly?

Not sure, but there might be something in the super syntax (eg, "super.x
= 10") that
would do this.  Hasn't been spec'd yet.  Not sure what AS3 does.

> > 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.

I agree that would be convenient.

--lars