Re: Enums, flags and ::

Hi Madeleine, It's down to PHP 5/Zend Engine 2's object support. We didn't have this in PHP 4, so the bindings were made via GtkEnumType and we had the same syntax as in GTK+. Basically all it means is that something like, say, GTK_WIN_POS_MOUSE, is now registered as a constant named WIN_POS_MOUSE within a zend_class_entry struct named GTK. I have to say it makes absolute sense to do it this way from an internals perspective - much cleaner, and probably faster when it comes to lookups - it's just a bit of a thrower on the user side. - Steph ----- Original Message ----- From: "Madeleine D." <mmdrake@bctonline.com> To: "Steph Fox" <steph@zend.com>; "Andrei" <andrei@gravitonic.com> Cc: "PHP-GTK dev" <php-gtk-dev@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 7:12 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-GTK-DEV] Enums, flags and :: > Steph - > > I hit the same thing on my upgrade attempt. > > Christian's right, in that I see so much that needs to be changed already, > the Enums/Flags would be just one more thing to do. Since I've got about > 40k of code, that's no small thing, but it's not fatal either. > > My question is: why do they need to change? What is being gained here? > > Madeleine D. > > > > At 04:50 PM 10/25/05 +0100, Steph Fox wrote: > >Before it's too late (assuming it isn't already): Is there any way we can > >return enums/flags to the standard GTK format, as they were in PHP-GTK 1? > > > >If you remember that far back, I spent more than a day trying to work out > >what I was doing wrong when every enum in sight failed in an old script I > >upgraded to PHP-GTK 2. I don't think I'm going to be the only scriptkiddie > >baffled by that change. > > > >It's also the one area Christian and I can't come to an agreement over in > >our coding standards discussions, because what _should_ be a constant is > >being treated as some kind of a pseudo-method, which makes either approach > >inconsistent by definition. > > > >I know it'd be a BC breakage for PHP-GTK 2 to change this now, but then > >again we haven't released v. 2 yet. At present it's a BC breakage for > >PHP-GTK 1, which is probably more serious. > > > >So the question is, do enums and flags _have_ to be registered as class > >entry constants for ZE 2 to deal with them? Or is it just a matter of > >convenience? > > > >- and the next question is, assuming it's possible to register them as > >global constants, should we? > > > >- Steph > > > >-- > >PHP-GTK Development Mailing List (http://gtk.php.net/) > >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > >