Re: function registration patch

From: Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 22:17:28 +0000
Subject: Re: function registration patch
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On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Sterling Hughes wrote: > On Tue, 2003-03-18 at 17:10, Andrei Zmievski wrote: > > > > I realize that I can overload get_constructor and get_method handlers > > and do all that stuff. But, seriously, this is screwed up. Given the > > situation where class is "GtkButton", if I specify constructor all > > lowercased, it won't be called at all! If I make it the same as the > > class name, then "parent::GtkButton" stuff stops working. Something must > > be done. > > You're missing my point. Your patch doesn't allow for one to use > get_constructor and get_method handlers to implement case-sensitive > handlers, as you are lowercasing the stuff on insert, the patch is > limiting. > > I think the best solution is just to play nice with the engine, register > it as "gtkbutton" or "__constructor" in the code itself. Then, add an > introspection callback to the engine, which can handle all the accesses > to function tables, etc. But that doesn't fix the problem, only works around it... Derick -- "my other box is your windows PC" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl/ PHP Magazine - PHP Magazine for Professionals http://php-mag.net/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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