2012/9/19 Tomas Creemers <tomas.creem...@gmail.com>
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Sebastian Krebs <krebs....@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > 2012/9/19 Tomas Creemers <tomas.creem...@gmail.com>
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> If this is going to be implemented as a class, what is the advantage
> >> of instantiation for this? Unless I'm missing it, I would propose that
> >> the functions are made static.
> >>
> [snip]
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Tomas
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I guess the reason is the same like the one, why you just should avoid
> > static methods at all. But only one example: Try to extend the class and
> > then _always_ use the extended one ;)
> >
> > Regards,
> > Sebastian
>
>
> Isn't that what late static binding is for? It enables the use of the
> extending class (if any) from the base class.
>
> I really don't see what class instantiation would add to this design
> (if it's going to be a class at all). It doesn't have
> instance-specific state.
>
>
> Regards,
> Tomas
>
Oh and just to throw that in: If the additional variable (or the extra
line) is a "problem"
echo (new Escaper)->escapeHtml('<b>test</b>');
// vs.
echo Escaper::escapeHtml('<b>test</b>');
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