Re: Interface inheritance

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Zeev Suraski wrote: > At 14:40 19/04/2004, Christian Schneider wrote: > >Zeev Suraski wrote: > >>In my opinion it doesn't, because it breaks the interface of the parent > >>class. I.e., you can no longer use code you've written to work with an > >>object of the parent class, with an object of the child class, which > >>breaks one of the most fundamental principals of OO. In turn, it > > > >What about the generic/specialized class example? At least the constructor > >has to be allowed to be different, no? Or was that what you meant by > >"Maybe now that's constructors are out of the picture"? > > That's exactly what I meant, constructors don't have implementation checks > any longer... > If we can agree that for everything else we can apply these rules, > including regular methods, it's a big step :) I don't want it for regular methods, it's going to break BC. I can live with anything, as long as it doesn't break PHP 4 code (not even with E_STRICT on). regards, Derick