Re: PHP6 just became my worst nightmare.

On Tue, 2006-04-18 at 17:29, Jochem Maas wrote: > <RANT type="long, lingering, desperate"> > apparently calling a dynamic function using static syntax > will cause an E_FATAL. > > well f***ing great. so the foundation of the Object<->Database > mapping code I have been writing/developing since php5 was in beta > [you won't believe how many segfaults I worked through - together > with Ard B. (author of the ibase extension and fixer/finder of numerous > killer bugs in php5)] in now dead-man-walking because both the DB class > and the base class that drives the Object<-->Database mapping rely on > the ability to call certain methods statically and dynamically - > the code is carefully crafted to avoid any problems this might entail. > > refactoring is possible but the speed of the code will suffer _greatly_ > because of the requirement that I must now create _hordes_ of objects just > to call these certain methods (only to be able to throw away the object > straight afterwards). > > oh and the late static binding I have been wishing for (for use in the > same codebase) since Nov2003 will be part of php6 - but I won't be able to > upgrade. :-( > > I feel rather shafted given the hoops I have had to jump through to keep > my code working with every little version update of php5... > > I'll just go into a corner a cry for a while now - many thanks to > whoever is inposing these fantastic restrictions. > > no doubt "King Wez" would say "quit bitching and file a bug report" - > this time I might just do that. > </RANT> *lol* While I feel for you, I'm pretty sure you were on that bandwagon telling all us PHP4 clinger-ons to suck it up and upgrade cuz PHP5 is sooooooo KEWL. Now you have an inkling why some of us weren't so keen ;) Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'