Hello Marcus, Wednesday, July 2, 2003, 12:54:12 AM, you wrote:
MB> Hello Marcus, MB> Monday, June 30, 2003, 2:28:35 AM, you wrote: MB>> - Fix __clone() visibility. When implementing singletons we must forbid calling MB>> __clone() by making it private (private function __clone() is the same to MB>> singletons as private function __construct() to factories). Also the clone MB>> mechanism must ensure the new object has all properties defined in the class. MB>> The current implementation doesn't do so what contradicts the inheritance MB>> model. The following example show both errors: MB>> php -r 'class t {var $x; private function __clone() {} }; $a = new t; $b = $a->__clone(); var_dump($a);var_dump($b);' MB>> object(t)#1 (1) { MB>> ["x"]=> MB>> NULL MB>> } MB>> object(t)#2 (0) { MB>> } MB> I looked into the way it works and was able to fix the visibility. However MB> there is still the problem that properties are not copied. I thing there are MB> two possible solutions: MB> a) create all properties in the new object before calling __clone MB> b) create all missing propertis after calling __clone. This way (i fear) we MB> would need a new opcode.... After i've spent soem time on the thing i found out that we don't need CG(in_clone_method). So if you don't need it in one of your applications or extensions we can remove it. -- Best regards, Marcus mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php