Re: Singletons

Forgive me, what is FIG? On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 6:58 AM, Rowan Collins <rowan.collins@gmail.com>wrote: > Ralf Lang wrote (on 05/02/2014): > > Yes, I used them (and ArrayObject) on some occassions. I see no conflict >> between having them in core and FIG agreeing on their usage or something >> different. >> > > ArrayObject includes actual implementation, and the interfaces it > implements activate special behaviour in the core. > > SplObserver and SplSubject appear, unless I'm much mistaken, are > equivalent to about 4 lines of userland PHP each defining 2 very simple > interfaces. That's exactly the kind of thing FIG is working on, e.g. a > Logger interface. I can't think of any reason, now that FIG and Composer > exist, that those interfaces would need to be compiled into a PHP extension. > > Not that I'd argue for their removal, now they do exist, but I see them as > an old experiment in pushing coding standards using the core of PHP, and > not a useful model for anything new. > > -- > Rowan Collins > [IMSoP] > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >