Hello Melvyn,
Wednesday, July 16, 2003, 12:44:32 PM, you wrote:
MS> Hi Marcus,
MS> On Wednesday 16 July 2003 12:14, Marcus Börger wrote:
>> MS> Since PHP5 should also give a boost to PECL, I think there should be a
>> way to MS> extend a C-based class, somehow. I really don't favor the $this
>> assignment as MS> well, but what other option is there? Or is this
>> specifick for the way the MS> domxml module is setup, and people shouldn't
>> write their classes like that?
>>
>> I really can't follow you...it's all to weird.
>> anyway maybe you have a problem with the domxml class. Maybe you don't
>> understand oo at all, i don't know.
MS> There are surely things I don't understand, but this isn't one of them.
>> The one thing i can think of is that you try to overcome th oo principle of
>> 'is-a' what is a bad idea.
MS> Yep, that's exactly what I was trying to do. A shame you feel it's a bad idea,
MS> as it allows code to remain dynamic.
>> class bla {
>> prublic $dom;
>> function __construct() {
>> $dom = new ....
>> }
>> }
>>
>> and then youse proxies. As i can read in your comments it seems you to lazy
>> to write the necessary proxies.
MS> Lazyness is one motivation I won't deny. Another is excessive code - it seems
MS> like a complete waste to me. A third is, it won't be forwards compatible. I
MS> will have to sync the proxies, with whatever methods are added/changed on the
MS> original object.
In this case:
a) Overcoming 'is-a' is no option at all.
b) Propably we have to discuss aggregation/delegation once again. Feel free to
do a RFC on those.
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Best regards,
Marcus mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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