On Wed, Jun 26, 2024 at 5:52 PM Derick Rethans <der...@php.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Jun 2024, Chuck Adams wrote: > > > > On Jun 25, 2024, at 9:17 AM, Derick Rethans <der...@php.net> wrote: > > > > > > Having read this thread, and the previous one from half a year ago, > > > I will do so too. In short, we shouldn't be encouraging static > > > classes as a bag of static functions, that ought to be just > > > namespaced functions. > > > > Which brings us back to the age-old problem that functions can’t be > > autoloaded. Me, I want first-class modules, but until we have those, I > > have to settle for classes in the meantime. Scala/Kotlin-like > > “companion objects” might be a good all-round substitute though. > > There has been some work done on function autoloading too: > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/core-autoloading > > cheers, > Derick > > My bad, I thought "top post" meant the same thing in mailing lists as it does in forums. I am now aware of my mistake and it won't happen again. Can we address my actual points now? Lanre