RE : [PHP-DEV] Namespaces and __autoload()

Hi, > From: Dmitry Stogov [mailto:dmitry@zend.com] > > The patch provides an additional boolean argument to > __autoload() that say if class is really required. In case if > it false, user code shouldn't emit errors or throw exceptions. Actually, an autoload handler should never emit errors or throw exceptions. With handlers registered through SPL, it is already the case. When using an __autoload() functions, raising an error when a symbol is not found is useless because we know that the PHP interpreter will do it. So, I propose to have PHP ignore any error or exception raised from autoload handlers. This would make the additional argument useless. Actually, I also wanted to add a second argument to autoload handlers. It would give the type of the symbol we are looking for. Today, we are unable to know if we are searching for a class or an interface. So, an autoload handler like PHK's has to try both. It is not very important because most existing autoload handlers are so primitive (generally filename-based) that they treat both the same way. But, in the future, if we extend autoloading to functions and constants, we will need this argument. I cannot work on that now but, as you are considering modifying the autoload handler arguments, I thought you could be interested. Regards Francois