RE: [PHP-DEV] New RFC draft "static class constructor"

> De : Johannes Ott [mailto:mail@deroetzi.de] > finally I managed to do my first RFC draft. > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/static_class_constructor > > I hope I have done everything correct so far and I'm looking forward to > your feedback on it. Interesting. It also allows to respect PSR-1, which says 'Files SHOULD either declare symbols (classes, functions, constants, etc.) or cause side-effects (e.g. generate output, change .ini settings, etc.) but SHOULD NOT do both' (see https://github.com/flaupretre/automap/blob/develop/src/classes/Automap.php for an example). Comments : - __static is ambiguous and does not reflect the method's role. Even if longer, I definitely prefer __staticInit or, even better, __classInit. - IMO, the method should be called when the class is created, just after every parent class and implemented interfaces are created. If some load a bunch of classes they don't use, that's their problem, not ours. It is not a reason to follow a two-step process. A properly written program uses autoloading and loads the classes it needs only. Another argument is that I'm not sure it is possible to catch every case of read access to static properties. - I think you should provide a destructor method because there can be a need to cleanup/close the resources opened when initializing the class. It can be open files, sockets, or any other resource, but, IMO, they need to be explicitly closed when the request ends. Regards François