Re: constructors in PHP

On Mon, July 11, 2005 9:53 am, Psystorm said: > Burhan Khalid wrote: > >> Alessandro Rosa wrote: >> >>> Thanks to all for clear responses! >>> >>> So just a question now, why have not multiple constructors been >>> implemented? >>> Are there some security issues related to them ? >> >> >> As far as I know, its not a security issue, but a structure/design >> issue. > > The issue is that in php you can't definitely say what type a variable > is , whereas in c++ you can say this variable is a string, this one a > int, …. That's guaranteed not the issue -- unless the performance would suck too badly... Lisp has loosely-typed data, and had multiple constructors lonnnnnnnng before C++ was a gleam in Strousap's (sp?) eye. The real issue, most likely, is not making PHP so [bleep] complex nobody normal wants to use it :-) -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm