I'm sure this is a thing someone has decided was a good idea at one point. It can easily be done in other languages, too. I wouldn't be surprised if someone, f

I'm sure this is a thing someone has decided was a good idea at one point. It can easily be done in other languages, too. I wouldn't be surprised if someone, for example, decided to hijack PHP's `__call()` function to forward method calls to a component. Rust has the similar Deref anti-pattern: https://github.com/rust-unofficial/patterns/blob/master/anti_patterns/deref.md https://github.com/rust-unofficial/patterns/blob/master/anti...