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From: "Stanislav Malyshev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Baptiste Autin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2007 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [patch] Late static bindings (LSB)
Couldn't I write: isset(static::$structure) ?
You could, but that's only runtime. People generally prefer compile-time
control which is derived from definition rather than per-instance runtime
control (implementing interface vs. checking each time if class has
certain methods).
So this will be my very last (and so much naïve) question: do you know
how
people cope with it in other OO languages?
AFAIK there are not many languages which allow you to do non-static static
calls... I see no way of doing it in Java or C++ - please correct me if
I'm wrong.
The only languages I have seen that allow things like this seem to trend
more towards prototype based languages. Though it may very well be that I
don't know what terminology to look for. The very phrase late static binding
is an oxymoron of sorts :). In any case I do want to be sure to say that
just because the exact concept is lacking in Java and C++ that is not a
reason to discount it entirely.
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