Re: Re: declaring classes as static or final

> > 2. final classes: > > final classes can't be extended > > already supported Cannot find it in the docs. http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.final.php doesn't seem to have any comments on that. I'm not at home at the moment, so i couldn't try, but are you really sure that final CLASSES are supported? You're not confusing it with final METHODS, right? > abstract static methods are already supported never said php doesn't support it, i just wanted to give some more input on the rules that would fit for my suggestions. > > 5. abstract classes can't be defined final > > already supported same as above > > static classes would be implementable at the cost of increasing compiler time. > To decide whether to think more about it we'd to know a case where you need > such syntax, what you win by having it and what you loose if you don't have > it. A good example for a static class imo, would be e.g. PEAR's DB Class. The DB-Class itself doesn't need to be instantiate, it simply works as factory and has some functions to check stuff. that'd be a class that i would define as "final static class DB {}". The class should not be extended and should not containt non static methods or attributes. Sure it isn't a big deal, if ppl are instantiating the DB Class, but it only has static methods and instantiating it wouldn't make any sense. Regards, Michael