dedicated setters (e.g. $obj->foo($bar) vs $obj->set_foo($bar))

[Eric Wilhelm]

Why are the getters also the setters?  This is slower, particularly when 
they are used primarily as getters.  It's also much easier to search 
for set_foo in the code.

I really think that API should be broken sooner rather than later, but 
it's a big change and I'm not sure why they were originally laid-out 
this way.

--Eric
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