Re: static constructor

> On 12 Mar 2015, at 19:28, Larry Garfield <larry@garfieldtech.com> wrote: > > I thought it sounded familiar. Also check the list archive for "A modest proposal: > __constructStatic" from a month ago. It was rejected then, too. > > Really, I cannot think of any cases where I want to have a static class self-initialize with > global data (because all statics are just globals with a fancy dress) where I wouldn't slap > myself for being stupid and not just making a proper object, factory, DI, or any number of other > options are are 10x more testable and reusable and verifiable. Sure there's places you could > use it; there's just much better options already available in the language and have been for a > decade. I guess it’s just “dreaming” about classes, which are first-class citizens, like in smalltalk/ruby/python :-) But this is just an approximation, anyway. Real class-objects probably would never happen in PHP. -- Alexey Zakhlestin https://github.com/indeyets PGP key: http://indeyets.ru/alexey.zakhlestin.pgp.asc