Re: Singletons

Nevermind, I see it. DOH! On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 9:28 AM, George Wilson <rmwscbt@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 >> >> >