Just a quick idea - what if requiring that autoloaders behave deterministically, that is, once a certain autoloader implementation has been given the possibility to find a class it will never be asked again (because it wouldn't find it later on either).
I'm not sure if it's a correct assumption to make in general case - files can be created.
-- Stanislav Malyshev, Zend Software Architect [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zend.com/ (408)253-8829 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php