Re: [RFC] Anonymous Classes

Hi! > I like the idea of having anonymous classes, it is very helpful during > development to just try something out without having the burden of > creating a new file and a complete class including namespace and use > declarations, etc. I think this particular argument is a bit backwards. In PHP, you certainly don't need to create new file to just introduce a new class. If you're working within a framework that makes it a problem, time to think if the framework you're using is fit for your purposes. But PHP certainly does not impose such limitations. > A great feature of anonymous classes in Java is their ability to access > the private/protected properties of the object they are defined in, > similar to what Closures do in PHP. The thing is, in Java if you access > a variable (without this.), it may be of the current scope, a member of > the current class or a member of the class where the anonymous class was > defined in. In PHP, you have to use $this-> to access class members of That may be a problem to implement, exactly since you need $this in PHP. > Second thing is serialization. PHP closures can not be serialized, does > the same apply for anonymous classes? It would be really nice if such Serializing is not a problem, unserializing would be - as there may be no class for this object to instantiate. -- Stas Malyshev smalyshev@gmail.com