Re: Package proposal: Net_Ip

On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 05:17:24PM +0200, cagrET wrote: > > > do u really think that using > > > > > > Net_Ip::get(); > > > > > > is faster than > > > > > > $ip->get() > > > > I don't think, I know. > > ehh If u prefere making ur code more complex by addin everywhere > > [php] > if (isset($this)) { > $this->method(); > } else { > Class_name::method(); > } > [/php] > > ... do it .... > but i think that this is unnecessary in most cases You are right, it is. You don't check for $this, you simply call the method statically. Since your `object' has no inner state, it doesn't matter. > > If you need to change a class name, you have done something wrong. > > thats the point I meant: You should have thought better about your design before. But that doesn't matter, because: > After coding a lot, u see that u did smth wrong, and have to change class > name > what do u do know ? I will simply change 1 line of code > U will have to change XXX lines of code And i do so by typing one simple thing: :%s/oldclass::/newclass::/g and voila, everything is fine. I believe any editor that deserves that name has a method to do search-and-replace. > both have advantages and disadvantages So, what are the disadvantages of calling methods statically if the `object' would have no inner state anyway? -- Regards, Stefan Walk <swalk@prp0.prp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de>