Regarding static accessors for the "special" instance stored in a static
variable, they can easily be added using a subclass of Zend_Registry.
I'm in favor of keeping Zend_Registry as light as possible.
Everything "can be added". But we want our classes to be simple to use
as they are, not "some assembly required", do we? So why not make extra
step towards the user and give people tools for working conveniently
with their classes and not have everybody to rewrite these additions by
themselves each time? That's would be the scenario 90% of the users
would be doing anyway, so why not make it easy?
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Stanislav Malyshev, Zend Products Engineer
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