An interface is a public contract that describes the behaviour of an object. If you're not using interfaces in that way, you're doing something fundamentally wrong.
--Wez On 11/16/05, Jochem Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > why does the engine care about the visibility of interface methods I declare? > I understand the argument that interface methods only have 'meaning' when > applied > as public methods of objects - but thats rather academic and personally I can > think of useful ways to abuse interfaces using protected methods at the very > least > why am I not allowed to do this just because someone decided that its not > correct? > > and given that I can implement a non-static method without using $this or any > other symbol/code > related to the instantiated object (effectively creating a static method) > which I can > call using static notation why not allow static interface methods? > > also I noticed that using the keyword 'abstract' with a interface method > declaration > is all of a sudden (5.1RC5dev) causing a fatal error where before (5.0.2 - > 5.0.4) > no error what so ever. > > If 'static', 'protected', 'private' are not allowed with interfaces (very > unpragmatic imho) > then why the fatal errors? why not an E_STRICT and just ignore those > declaration... especially > because not declaring a method static and leaving off the visibility leaves > you with a > method that is non-static and public - exactly what an interface 'requires'. > > rgds, > Jochem > > ---- > > some might ask why I am asking - well the motive is quite simple: > > "I try to stay on top of php developments, trying out to the best of > my > abilities new features whenever I see an opportunity. partly for > fun, partly > to be able to encourage/help others to step up to the php5 plate. > lately I > _feel_ I am being punished more and more for trying to keep abreast > due to BC breaks > (some of which, I realise, are very much required) and more > annoyingly abitrary > changes in behaviour." > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
