Re: [apd][patch] Two new functions: override_constant() and rename_constant()

I like the idea of being able to do these things _while debugging_.. I love constants due to the fact that they exist in all scopes, and I use them pretty much in my scripts.. For example I use them for storing the user id of the logged in user at one place, and it's 0 if noone is logged in.. I display different things depending on wether that constant is 0 or not.. While debugging sometimes I might need to show one thing and not the other one.. At the moment I do this: if(1||CONSTANT) or id(0&&CONSTANT) to override these if's, and replace all occurences inside that block.. Would've been much easier to debug these problems I have by just changing the value over 30 lines.. -- // DvDmanDT MSN: dvdmandt¤hotmail.com Mail: dvdmandt¤telia.com "Johannes Schlueter" <johannes@php.net> skrev i meddelandet news:200409120137.28637@schlueters.de... > Hi George, > > while trying to understand an application I got a bit frustrated that I can > rename functions using apd and change classes using classkit but that I can't > change constants. So I wrote a small patch for apd adding two small functions > which can change constants. > > The protos are quite similar to override_function and rename_function: > > /* {{{ proto bool override_consant(string name, mixed value) > overrides the content of the constant name with value */ > > /* {{{ proto bool rename_constant(string oldname, string newname) > renames the constant oldname to newname */ > > A small example looks like > > <?php > define('FOO', 'asdf'); > > rename_constant('FOO', 'BAR'); > override_constant('BAR', 'qwerty'); > > echo BAR; > ?> > > This echos "qwerty". > > Maybe you like the idea and maybe even (parts of) the implementation it. ;-) > > johannes >