Re: OO in PHP5 (was "zend_API.c" on php-dev)

? harald "Timm Friebe" <thekid@thekid.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:<1044352391.22055.58.camel@localhost>... > On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 21:20, Harald Radi wrote: > [...] > > when called as function -> print warning > > when called as method -> throw exception > > What exception? There are no builtin exceptions and IMHO it would be > better to leave writing such up to the user. > > E.g. I'd like to be able to have _all_ my classes extend my Object > class, including my own Exception class. Plus, I prefer the Java style > notation "Exception::getMessage", "Exception::toString", > "Exception::printStackTrace", "Exception::getStackTrace", > "Object::getClass". > > If any exception class were to be integrated into PHP5, it would: > a) not extend my Object class > b) probably have methods such as get_message (following the PHP > naming conventions) > c) not have getStackTrace return an array of "StackTraceElement"s. > > Other users might prefer differing notations in their framework, will > disagree on inheritance issues with Object ("this is unneccessary > bloat") or want a slightly different stack trace (consisting of an > associative array, not those stupid StackTraceElement things). > > This has actually been discussed on the engine2-List and IIRC, > builtin-anything-classes being forced on users was decided against. Side > note: Whithin the mentioned thread, even amongst those liking the idea > of builtin exceptions, no consensus on how to name these classes could > we reached (Exception? exception? __exception?). > > Conclusion: Don't even try to write exception classes for PHP5 in C. You > will never please all of the users' needs - so simply leave it up to > them. > > - Timm > >