RE: [PHP] Re: Object methods - memory usage?

OK. > -----Original Message----- > From: Bogdan Stancescu [mailto:mgv@canad.ro] > Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 4:30 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] Re: Object methods - memory usage? > > Well, I guess my questions are just too stupid to deserve an answer > anyway. Sorry for spamming you guys with my retarded questions! I'll > refrain from asking any more questions on this list in the future, since > I always seem to ask the wrong ones. > > Humbly yours, > Bogdan > > Bogdan Stancescu wrote: > > Hello! > > > > Ok, this is probably a very stupid question for someone who knows how > > these things work internally - but I don't, therefore I ask. :) > > > > When I instantiate an object, do the methods get instantiated as well? > > The question is asked memory-wise, not functionality-wise. More to the > > point, if I instantiate many identical objects with no class variables > > of their own but with many methods, will I get memory used up for the > > methods? > > > > If I were to guess, I'd say no extra memory is used for the methods > > since I don't think you can dynamically redefine class methods, so there > > would be no reason for duplicating them instead of simply referencing > > the class definition - but then again, I don't know how PHP works > > internally... > > > > Thank you! > > > > Bogdan > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php