Michael Virnstein wrote:
2. final classes:
final classes can't be extended
already supported
Cannot find it in the docs.
http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.final.php doesn't seem to have
any comments on that.
I'm not at home at the moment, so i couldn't try, but are you really sure
that final CLASSES are supported?
You're not confusing it with final METHODS, right?
abstract static methods are already supported
never said php doesn't support it, i just wanted to give some more input on
the rules that would fit for my suggestions.
5. abstract classes can't be defined final
already supported
same as above
static classes would be implementable at the cost of increasing compiler
time.
To decide whether to think more about it we'd to know a case where you
need
such syntax, what you win by having it and what you loose if you don't
have
it.
A good example for a static class imo, would be e.g. PEAR's DB Class. The
DB-Class itself doesn't need to be instantiate,
it simply works as factory and has some functions to check stuff. that'd be
a class that i would define as
"final static class DB {}". The class should not be extended and should not
containt non static methods or attributes. Sure it isn't
a big deal, if ppl are instantiating the DB Class, but it only has static
methods and instantiating it wouldn't make any sense.
Regards, Michael
Please see: http://www.php.net/zend-engine-2.php
This will explain all the new OOP features in PHP5
Regards,
Jason
