Re: [SMARTY-DEV] objects: one more approach

On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Monte Ohrt wrote: > I have a prototype working. But a problem exists with registering > objects. How would you register them? > > {$foo->bar p1="foo" p2="bar"} > {$zeebeefoo->bar p1="foo" p2="bar"} > {$blah.bleh->zeebeefoo->bar p1="foo" p2="bar"} > > How are these going to get registered? Maybe we don't do object > registration and we stick to not allowing access to private methods when > security is enabled. Any other access restrictions are handled by the > object? > > There is also the issue with identifying property vs. method. At compile > time the compiler doesn't know which is which. Should it send it to a > function that figures it out at runtime? I'd rather be able to > distinguish this at compile time and keep the compiled code faster. <sigh> This message-consuming topic really does prove my original point that template systems (and Smarty especially) do not have any business calling object methods. The proverbial can of worms, priced conveniently at $0.02, is not far away at your favorite Hack-n-Shop supermarket. -Andrei http://www.gravitonic.com/