Ever thought of a "ThisEditLevelIsDirty" kind of feature?

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Probably a dumb question. I was just coding a UI with a CSLA biz obj. Simple edit form where I'm doing BeginEdit / AcceptEdit / CancelEdit.
There is a scenario where the object might come into the screen already in a obj.IsDirty == true state.

In that scenario the changes were not made on this form but:

• the save button on the form is lit up
• the cancel button prompts user to be sure they want to throw out their changes

Example:

• Start with ParentObj.ChildObj
• Enter edit screen for ChildObj and do some edits
• Click 'OK' button (e.g. AcceptEdit - but no save to db yet because that happens for parent)
• Enter edit screen for ChildObj - do no changes (save is lit up)
• Click 'Cancel' button (e.g. CancelEdit works fine but user gets prompted first)

I figured I would come here and wonder aloud whether it would be do-able to have a feature where you could test .IsDirty on an object as it relates to changes made after a .BeginEdit() was called? Something like .IsDirtyForCurrentEditLevel
Anyone ever dealt with that?