I've tried a work around to bug #1182, but I am getting flaky results.
The situation is...
/*
 * Code snippet #1
 */
class DbFldC
	{
	var Name;
	var Label;
	}
class DbTblC
	{
	var Fields;
	}
$DbFld = new DbFldC;
$DbFld->Name = "id";
$DbTbl = new DbTblC;
$DbTbl->Fields[] = $DbFld;

Bug 1182 says that...
$DbTbl->Fields[ 0 ]->Label = "Sequence No";
...yields a parser error, which is true;

My work around is...
/* 
 * Code snippet #2
 */
$TmpFld = $DbTbl->Fields[ 0 ];
$TmpFld->Label = "Sequence No.";

Unfortunately, this doesn't always work. Sometimes the assignment "sticks" and sometimes it doesn't. Does $TmpFld reference the original object to which it was assigned, or does the assignment make a copy of the original object (to which $TmpFld not points)? Sometimes it does, and sometimes it doesn't.

Let's say the Code snippet #1 and #2 have been executed. Then the following code is executed...

printf( "Name is %s. Label is %s.<BR>\n", $TmpFld->Name, $TmpFld->Label );
$TmpFld2 = $DbTbl->Fields[ 0 ];
printf( "Name is %s. Label is %s.<BR>\n", $TmpFld2->Name, $TmpFld2->Label );

...This yields the following output...

Name is id. Label is Sequence No.
Name is id. Label is