Re: RFC Proposal - static modifier for classes

On Thu, 23 Nov 2023 at 11:48, Stephen Reay <stephen@koalephant.com> wrote: > > Respectively, I disagree that it's "not a big problem" if your goal is to > encourage people to use regular functions over classes with static methods. > Just to be clear, my answer was specifically addressing your point about using Composer as an argument for not including things. I was not saying "... and therefore the argument is true", only "... and therefore we can discuss the argument without mentioning Composer if we want to". > PHP ships with a built in class autoloader function, and pretending that using 'require_once' everywhere a function is used, is just as easy for the developer seem disingenuous to be honest. PHP ships with *the ability to configure* an autoloading function; it will not load any files without you first telling it where to look. The workaround being proposed is not to use require_once every time you want a function, it's to use require_once in the same place you configure your autoloader. I totally agree that we can debate whether that workaround is sufficient. I'm just trying to frame that debate as "autoloading vs require", rather than a distraction of "Composer vs something else". Regards, -- Rowan Tommins [IMSoP]