Re: php5 packages - interfaces

Defining interfaces in any way other than per-package would be dumb, I think. I think we should be throwing exceptions using a PEAR Exception base class. And I agree, the PEAR Base class should be scrapped. I disagree about putting 5 on the end of Category names, that's a silly suggestion I think. I think we should follow standard major release guidelines. XML_Parser5, or XML_Parser2, I'm not sure if we want to adopt 5 for php5 packages - what do people think? "Stefan Neufeind" <stefan@neufeind.net> wrote in message news:40813A27.25276.11922E9@localhost... > I don't think that really an interface *package* is need. But there > could be a recommendation for common method-names with short > explanations maybe? Somehow like design-patters: > > "if you use <this or that> you will usually need function like [...] - > and if you feel you need them we suggest that you use these names > where possible" > > Something like that. There might even be people which need "connectA" > and "connectB"-methods - but at least they would be named connect :- > )) > > > However, I think that defining such intefaces soon makes much sense, > since it will already take a long while to adopt them everywhere - > and the move php4 -> php5 is a chance (for API-breaks, in most cases, > since php5-only will be released as a new major-version) we should > definitely take! > > > Stefan > > On 16 Apr 2004 at 12:27, Joe Stump wrote: > > > OK, the only questions I have now are ... > > > > 1.) Do we have an outlined upgrade path for package maintainers to > > follow for the php4 -> php5 transition? > > > > 2.) Should I write up a PEPr proposal for a interface package? (maybe > > one outlining that other packages with factory methods should create > > their own as well? Kind of an RFC of sorts ...) > > > > --Joe > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Lukas Smith [mailto:smith@backendmedia.com] > > > Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 11:33 AM > > > To: Joe Stump > > > Cc: pear-dev@lists.php.net > > > Subject: Re: [PEAR-DEV] php5 packages - interfaces > > > > > > > > > Joe Stump wrote: > > > > > > > It would be a simple package for sure, but a standard package with > > > > interfaces for PEAR packages would be great I think. It > > > would contain > > > > a simply a series of common interfaces ... > > > > > > > > toArray, toXML, toHTML, etc. > > > > > > > > There would probable be other interfaces as well. I can > > > imagine that > > > > the > > > > Net_* packages would have a common interface with functions like > > > > connect(), disconnect(), etc. > > > > > > > > DB should have one for it's drivers, etc. At any rate I think a > > > > package of common interfaces should be put together in anticipation > > > > for PHP5. > > > > > > I agree that we should start collaborating on a set of interfaces for > > > common "problems". However using them in actual packages will > > > probably > > > take a bit longer as for now our strategy is to have packages > > > that are > > > compatible with both php4 and php5. However eventually more and more > > > packages will likely get new major versions that are php5 only.