RE: [PHP-DEV] Overloading

I only could find two from 2005. http://news.php.net/php.internals/17491 http://news.php.net/php.internals/14558 It doesn't look like much discussion. I'm new to that web interface; not sure if it will show the thread. Why don't we discuss adding this to the PHP6 release? I see it as a very helpful addition and can't see a reason why we could not add it. Mark -----Original Message----- From: Saulo Vallory [mailto:saulovallory@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 11:12 AM To: internals Mailing List Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Overloading I'm developing a PHP framework and had the same issue sometimes... I think it was already discussed in the list, did you searched the archives? Saulo On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Tinsley, Mark <MTinsley@dallasairmotive.com> wrote: > What about the addition of overloading for PHP 6? > > I am not totally up to date on the developments of the parameter type > hints. I briefly read the meeting minutes for PHP 6. > > What about with the type hints we have now? > > class moo > { > > public static function foo(FooClass $FooVar) > { > // do something > } > > public static function foo(BooClass $BooVar) > { > // do something > } > } > > > I have a project where we had to do a sort of pseudo overloading > > Class moo > { > /** > * Accept the superclass or any of its sub classes > */ > public static function foo(FooSuperClass $Foo) > { > switch (true) > { > case $Foo instanceof FooClass: > $method = 'fooFoo'; > break; > > case $Foo instanceof BooClass: > $method = 'fooBoo'; > break; > > default: > throw new Exception('Unrecognized type: ' . > get_class($Foo)); > break; > } > > call_user_func(array(self, $method), $Foo); > } > > private static function fooFoo(FooClass $FooVar) > { > // do something > } > > private static function fooBoo(BooClass $BooVar) > { > // do something > } > } > > Mark > > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >