SPL as non-disablable extension (Was: Re: [PHP-DEV] Simple Namespace Proposal)

On Tue, 10 Jul 2007, Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: > On 10.07.2007, at 00:06, Stanislav Malyshev wrote: > > > > I know, and I use spl_autoload_register. But then I would > > > blatantly suggest to remove __autoload() in PHP6 and force SPL to > > > be compiled into PHP. > > > > I wouldn't go as far as removing it, but definitely would go as far > > as not recommending to use it if writing a library or application > > that includes independent modules (such as libraries). If you > > application is homogeneous and non-modular, then using it may be ok. > > Well if we are speaking of best practices, the sensible thing for libs > to do is to provide a function/method users can call inside their own > __autoload() implementation. This way users are free to make their > __autoload() work as they please/require. That's what we're doing... however, I don't mind the "force SPL to be compiled into PHP" bit. I think we should do that. Derick -- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl | http://ez.no | http://xdebug.org