Re: [RFC] Function autoloading through spl_autoload*

On Sat, 6 Aug 2011, Ferenc Kovacs wrote: > I would like to introduce this RFC which would provide function > autoloading through the spl_autoload facility without userland BC > breakage. > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/autofunc I understand the proposal, but I don't see any compelling reasons in the RFC of why we actually need autoloading for functions? For classes it makes sense because there is almost always a class to file mapping. For functions (and constants) that is not the case, so I am wondering how useful this function autoloading actually is. cheers, Derick -- http://derickrethans.nl | http://xdebug.org Like Xdebug? Consider a donation: http://xdebug.org/donate.php twitter: @derickr and @xdebug