Thanks to Marcus and everyone else for their comments. I note the valid points you raised.
Keith On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Marcus Boerger wrote: > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Marcus Boerger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] using $this-> implicitly inside same class > > Hello php, > > Friday, February 24, 2006, 3:05:11 PM, you wrote: > > > Hi all. > > > I'm using php 5.1.2 compiled from source, with Apache 2.2.0 > > and MySQL 5.0.18 on SuSE Linux 9.2 pro. > > > I really do not see the need to keep telling php I'm > > refering to the properties and method of the class I'm > > already in, when php 5 should be able to deduce this from > > the context of the class I'm coding in. > > While we could do this we decided against this years ago for a good reason. > It is faster the way we do it and the code is clearer and much easier > toread. Also introducing this now would be a major BC break. > > > This would save ALOT of repetitive typing, and make the code > > alot more concise. > > WOW, do your fingers hurt when typing "$this->" - wow 7 strokes. > > > this.use_implicit could default to FALSE, so it would not > > interfere with current code compatibility. > > No chance for an ini option because that would make writing protable > code impossible. > > [...] > > > Best regards, > Marcus > > -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
