Re: Doctrine base class

Martin Jansen wrote: > On Fri Dec 29, 2006 at 09:4836AM +0100, Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote: >> I think in the interest of making it possible of getting rid if >> conditional includes every new PEAR package should probably also have a >> file that flat out includes every file in the package. > > This is what Rasmus suggested some weeks ago, isn't it? I'm +1 on > this. I'd go as far as forcing people to name this "include all"-file in > a consistent way. Something like > > DB/Doctrine/Bootstrap.php > > seems fine for me if the package is called DB_Doctrine. > >> As a result new PEAR packages can leverage autoload, conditionally >> include all files with a method call or load everything at once with a >> static unconditional include. This gives ultimate flexibility for all users. > > So we are essentially aiming at getting rid of (include|require)_once, > no? Yes. pear-core/PEAR2/Autoload.php is another simpler implementation that assumes include_path is set properly. Greg