Re: Virtual Filesystem

Ok, thanks for the opinions on this (I hadn't expected asking about a VFS class to generate such discussion :P). Firstly, I know that there is nothing that proves that object based return values are "better" than array ones, it's just my preference. I like the idea of having the functions detect if they've been passed an object or an array, since it keeps the namespace clean, and also means that things are less likely to break, and if it is possible to do this without causing a fork, I'm all for it :) Jon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mika Tuupola" <tuupola@appelsiini.net> To: "Chuck Hagenbuch" <chuck@horde.org> Cc: <pear-dev@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 7:28 PM Subject: Re: [PEAR-DEV] Virtual Filesystem > On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Chuck Hagenbuch wrote: > > > There are two options here. One is to have methods like createFolder() be > > smart enough to call different internal functions based on their arguments > > (ie, if I get passed an object, do this, otherwise, do that). The other is > > to just suck it up and have slightly different function names - > > createFolderObject(), etc. > > Personally I like the first option better. Long method names > are quite awkward and having different method names just clutter > the API. > > -- > Mika Tuupola > http://www.appelsiini.net/~tuupola/ > > > -- > PEAR Development Mailing List (http://pear.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >