[OpenLayers-Users] how to get current display status of a layer (not its setting)

[William Kyngesburye]

The visibility property tells OL to display a layer, if the scale or  
resolution is in the range set for the layer.  Is there a way to get  
the current actual visibility of a layer other than checking the  
visibility property and comparing the layer's min/max scale properties  
with the current scale?  IOW, what I'm looking for is a convenience  
function already built into OL.

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