Perhaps I should not call it singleton then. Because I'm not trying to put
a flexible design pattern with large degrees of freedom as such into core
php. All I am trying to achieve is a nice way for people to implement
classes that only ever need one instance.
Can I ask why you are very much a
PHP 4 Bug Database summary - http://bugs.php.net
Num Status Summary (628 total including feature requests)
===[*Directory/Filesystem functions]
40661 Open cwd is reset when shutdown handler runs
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> Does such a feature exist in any other languages?
Not that I know of. But does that mean it's a bad idea?
> What is the point of putting just one possible solution into core PHP when
> there are plenty of acceptable solutions already out there in userland?
That is like saying what's the poi
PHP 5 Bug Database summary - http://bugs.php.net
Num Status Summary (693 total including feature requests)
===[*Compile Issues]==
39372 Suspended Incompatibility in the PHP API.
40728 Feedback configure won't identify apache version
PHP 6 Bug Database summary - http://bugs.php.net
Num Status Summary (41 total including feature requests)
===[*General Issues]==
26771 Suspended register_tick_funtions crash under threaded webservers
27372 Verified parse error loadin