Re: Re: Function Cache

From: Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 09:41:15 +0000
Subject: Re: Re: Function Cache
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Sterling Hughes wrote: > > I've have some similair functionality (id est, Perl's AUTOLOAD) for my own > development. I was going to propose it when I had more time, but ah well, > AUTOLOAD. > > Basically what this functionality would allow is that you define a function that > then catches as missed function calls. The autoload variable would also contain > the name of the missing function, ie: > > class wrapper > { > function AUTOLOAD() > { > global $AUTOLOAD; > $args = func_get_args(); > > print "$AUTOLOAD was called with: "; > var_dump($args); > } > } > > $wrap = new wrapper; > > $wrap->hello("woohooo!"); > > would call the AUTOLOAD function with one argument (woohooo!) and the global > variable $AUTOLOAD would contain "hello". The way I see it, don't get the real payoff of autoloading until you can autoload the classes themselves. - Stig

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