Re: AW: [PEAR-DEV] Re: [Proposal] Stream_Var

On Fri, 15 Aug 2003, Stephan Schmidt wrote: > The question "Why not use the direct method" could be asked for other > stream wrappers as well, there's no need to use Stream_SHM, as you could > use the shm_* functions, but using stream wrappers adds a nice level of > data abstraction. For me this falls in the category "nice thing to show what you can do with PHP", but I really see no good reason to actually use this. (No, I don't agree with the "other stream wrappers" one, as this one clearly has no additional benefits over addressing arrays by hand. Derick -- "Interpreting what the GPL actually means is a job best left to those that read the future by examining animal entrails." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl/ International PHP Magazine http://php-mag.net/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------