RE: [PHP-DEV] Traits and Properties
| From: | Jonathan Bond-Caron | Date: | Sat, 18 Dec 2010 19:08:18 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-DEV] Traits and Properties | ||
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On Sat Dec 18 12:33 PM, Stefan Marr wrote:
> Hi Jonathan:
>
> On 18 Dec 2010, at 18:14, Jonathan Bond-Caron wrote:
>
> > Does the order of the declaration matter?
> No, the order does not matter, and that is one of the key points of
> traits compared to mixins or Python's way of multiple inheritance.
> So, any kind of order-dependent solution would be inconsistent with
> the design of traits.
>
> > though I'd be happy with simply E_FATAL until people start using
> > traits
> What do you mean by the second part? (until people start using traits)
> Changing the design retrospectively does not seem to be the best
> option?
>
Most likely not the best option, I think I'm saying I prefer E_FATAL
But if users find it too restrictive / problematic, the auto-resolution
"merge to the most restrictive modifier" could be added in a next release or
an approach that's convenient to the code out there using traits &
properties. That seems better than the other way around.