[PHP-DEV] Re: make new return a reference to existent object

2005-05-09 Thread Jason Barnett
Leonardo Pedretti wrote: I would like (for code cleanliness purposes) to make 'new' return a reference to an already created object under certain circumstances without using a factory, is it possible? Thanx "Under certain circumatances" ? ... If it's only under certain circumstances that you wan

[PHP-DEV] Re: Contributing

2005-04-01 Thread Jason Barnett
David Mytton wrote: > //Hi,// > // > //I am interested in contributing to PHP now that I have been using it > for 2 years or so. I was wondering how to get involved. I am not able to > help with the development of the language itself but I would be > interested in verifying bugs, writing documentat

[PHP-DEV] Re: pre-compiler for PHP

2005-03-28 Thread Jason Barnett
Your (long) message would be better asked on the php-general list so that poor slobs like me can answer it instead of taking up valuable developers' time. The short answers to your questions: - Smarty or something similar can handle "pre-compiling" (google for "PHP templating") - If your IDE doesn

Re: [PHP-DEV] extension naming

2005-03-24 Thread Jason Barnett
... >> The obvious problem is: >> What comes after "i"? ii? iii? iv? >> How transparent is this naming scheme to the user? Well if it's a simple Roman Numeral system like what I've just done then we wouldn't really have an issue (except that it assumes people know Roman Numerals). Not sure if t