On 24 May 2013 13:11, Ferenc Kovacs <tyr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 11:32 PM, Stas Malyshev <smalys...@sugarcrm.com > >wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > > Right now, to avoid this situation, you have to do: > > > if (method_exists(get_parent_class(), '__construct')) > > > parent::__construct(); > > > > > > If you don't check for the method existing, you get: > > > Fatal error: Cannot call constructor ... > > > > This makes a lot of sense. I think we also discussed this idea some time > > ago, but it didn't go anywhere that time... > > > last time it was discussed on the list: > http://www.mail-archive.com/internals@lists.php.net/msg50504.html > to summarize it: > Etienne was arguing that for the concrete example (Spl classes) it would be > better to make sure that the object is properly initialized so having a > constructor in the spl classes. > Anthony was the only one who was against the idea of removing the error > when you call a parent constructor which doesn't (explicitly) have one. > Otherwise everybody else seemed to agree with the above change and only the > implementation was discussed: > - we should remove the error completelly > - we should make the error less serious (please don't do this) > - we should always create a common ancestor for every class by default > which have an empty constructor/destructor > - we should always create an empty constructor/desctructor for every class > without it. > > So maybe we could discuss this and based on the feedback create an rfc > (with or without a vote for the alternative implementations).
Hi. I'm not an expert here, so just thinking out loud ... If a theoretical \PHP\baseclass can have empty __construct()/__destruct(), what about the other magic methods? OK, I suppose cascading some of the magic methods to a parent and having a null parent at the very very bottom of the heap sounds useful. But I'm not totally sure. Is there much/any need for a true base class that ALL classes will extend from, including those in extensions. Richard. -- Richard Quadling Twitter : @RQuadling EE : http://e-e.com/M_248814.html Zend : http://bit.ly/9O8vFY
