Re: Implementing GtkTreeModel

Jake wrote: > Matt, > > I'm not aware of a way to define a function named foreach since that's > a reserved word in PHP. However, I find the idea of reimplementing > the GtkTreeModel functions (written in C) in PHP for speed extremely > questionable. If you could elaborate on when you observe a speed > problem and how you intended to correct it PHP-side then I or others > might be able to offer better advice. > > -Jake Cobb > > On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 4:35 PM, Matt <matt@vhub.com> wrote: >> Ok, so I'm trying to create my own class implementing GtkTreeModel to >> make it much faster when dealing with thousands of rows. The problem I >> have is there is a method called "foreach" that makes PHP blow a gasket >> when I try to define it. >> >> class TestTreeModel implements GtkTreeModel >> { >> public function foreach($callback_func) >> { >> // do stuff >> } >> >> // all the other abstract methods are defined properly >> } >> >> This will return: >> >> Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FOREACH, expecting T_STRING in >> foo.php on line xx >> >> Any idea on how to get around this? Thanks! >> >> -Matt >> >> >> -- >> PHP-GTK General Mailing List (http://gtk.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> This is actually a bug in the php-gtk implementation and in the next release (which should have cairo support as well) the functions that conflict with php reserved words (foreach will be for_each, there are a few others) will be renamed appropriately. Until then, unfortunately you're out of luck ;) Thanks, Elizabeth