Re: [PHP4BETA] calling member in parent class

On Sat, 05 Feb 2000, you wrote: > Well, generally, every feature should have a very good reason before it's > added to a language. It's not the other way around - if there's no reason > not to add it, add it. There's always a reason not to add it - to keep the > language simpler and less cluttered with built-in language level functionality. The others on the list who want the feature added would say that this is a reason to add it, and therefore should be. > Regardless of your code size, PHP allows you to have a class definition at > the scope of a single file, and a single file only. That means that no > matter how big your code is, changing the inherited class name, for a given > derived class, is exactly one search&replace. So it boils down to this > difference - a replacement of the parent class name in the 'extends' > statement, vs. a single search and replace. No noticeable difference in my > book... Now, that I did not know. I'm still learning the ways of PHP. I will welcome the $parent feature if and when it is available, but I think I'll survive without it for now. -M@ -- Matthew Hixson Code Mangler Vista.com Bringing Small Business Online