Re: Static vs. non static

Hello Andi, Sebastian, Monday, January 23, 2006, 9:25:29 AM, Sebastian wrote: > Lukas Smith schrieb: >> If I get Marcus proposal properly he would then allow changing things >> from: >> parent::method(); >> >> to >> >> parent->method(); > If that is the case, then it would be consistent to allow > this->method() > this->attribute > parent->attribute parent->method() would work attributes are more than discussable and i don'T think we need anything more than $this->attibute for dynamic attibutes. And since you cannot overload protected or public attibutes or hide base class attibutes there is no need to provide a means of skipping hierarchy levels. If i was very pedantic i'd not propose 'baseclass->method()' but the formal correct '$this->baseclass::method()'. However i see the former as a very handy and clear shortcut. Another reason to go with the shortcut is that once we'd allow '$this->baseclass::method()' people would start to ask for '$obj->classname::method()' which is at somepoints usefull but is not exactly the KISS approach. Best regards, Marcus