Re: Why i believe we need final

MB>> If you want real life examples (and surely it seems you will never MB>> trust me) get yourself a book from scott meyers (going to my I would certainly trust you if you gave me an example. Marcus, I'm not here to personally attack you. I just do not see the value of this feature. If you do - why not enlighten me? I submit that if an idea has a value, there ought to be a way to show others that value - or at least to try it, including providing examples on how this idea should be useful. Referring me to textbooks on OO is not going to prove anything - I had my OO classes and I know what OO is. I just don't see how 'final' can be really useful in PHP - not in OO-textbook theorteical way, but in practice. And I believe there are more people that do think so - otherwise I would have been enlightened already by someone who sees the practical use of it. -- Stanislav Malyshev, Zend Products Engineer stas@zend.com http://www.zend.com/ +972-3-6139665 ext.109