Re: Enums, flags and ::

I know. It's going to have to be one of the things highlighted in the release notes. nm. ----- 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 8:11 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-GTK-DEV] Enums, flags and :: > S - > > It will also be a bit of a thrower when you try to use Gtk+ docs/tutorials, > etc, which most of us do. > > Madeleine D. > > > At 07:30 PM 10/25/05 +0100, Steph Fox wrote: > >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 > >> > > >> > > > > > > > -- > PHP-GTK Development Mailing List (http://gtk.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >