Re: general questions

On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 07:15:18PM -0000, Richard Heyes wrote : > > I still don't quite get the usage of "::" .. > > As far as I understand this is for so called static functions and to > > generate a new namespace ... > > > > So far so good > > But why do stuff like DB::connect ? > > Why not put stuff like that in a constructor? > > Because DB::connect() can return you a correct object type (ie mysql/pgsql). The constructor can do this too, but its currently a 'feature' and cannot be guaranteed to work in the future. Thats why we're using a static function for factoring the appropriate class. - Markus