Hi, On May 16 16:52:08, Andrew Curioso wrote: > Well, that wasn't where I was expecting that thread to go, but to wrap it up > what do you think... > Is it too late to put this on the 5.4 roadmap for consideration? > > I'm assuming just the implicit ctor and dtor. Not all magic methods (not > now, at least). > > With your OK, Stas, I'd like to write up an RFC and put it on the Wiki. > > - Andrew
The main problem with internal classes and ctors is that constructor code can be placed at object init instead of in the actual ctor method. It is actually safer to place it at object init, because then that code is always executed and thus the internal object is not in a half initialized state if the user overwrites the constructor and doesn't call the parent. I'd rather have ctors/dtors explicitely defined in SPL. If they are documented to exist, they should be explicitely defined. We can define such NOOP methods globally, so that it is easy for internal classes to add them. As far as implicitly ignore of the constructor, I believe we have enough magic regarding ctors/dtors in the engine as it is. Best, -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
