Re: [PHP4BETA] calling member in parent class

On Fri, 04 Feb 2000, Stefan Lindmark - Sun Sweden - SE Manager wrote: > > Yes, it's true that you will have to know the name of the parent anyway, > but that doesn't eliminate the value of a general syntax. > > It is still not a compelling thought of having that name hard coded into > the code in the derived class. You wouldn't duplicate the same integer > value across code, rather define it once and use a named constant. > Having "parent->method()" means less potential bugs while being obvious > for programmers coming from other OO-like languages. > > There will always be work-arounds, but they tend to be author-specific > and can make reading others' code more difficult. I think this is a great idea. If I were to change the name of the parent class I sure wouldn't want to go through all the rest of my source and change everything that extended its parent. -M@ -- Matthew Hixson Code Mangler Vista.com Bringing Small Business Online