Having both makes very little sense. Compile-time vs. run-time in PHP doesn't make any real difference as far as functionality goes, because the stages are linked together immediately. I don't think MI will make it into PHP, now that aggregation was introduced...
At 18:59 08/04/2002, brad lafountain wrote: >--- "Stig S. Bakken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2002-04-08 at 02:50, brad lafountain wrote: > > > > > > --- "Stig S. Bakken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2002-04-07 at 20:35, brad lafountain wrote: > > > > > > > > > > What would be wrong with having the *_SQL_* objects be a member > of the > > > > > *_Connection* classes? > > > > > > > > What you're describing here is object aggregation. > > > > > > What do you mean... Im saying that the SQL implementation is a member or > > the > > > connection class.. Nothing to do with aggergation. aggergation would mean > > the > > > methods of the sql imp would be apart of the connection class not a > member. > > > > > > Im still not convinced that aggergation is usefull. > > > > Object aggregation in general is a technique where you have some > > functionality in objects you forward calls to, a pretty common > > technique. You can of course do that in PHP today, but it's slow (lots > > of userland method calls) and high on maintenance (if an aggregated > > class gets a new method, you must make a new wrapper in the forwarding > > class, etc). In my opinion, providing "native" support for this in an > > efficient way makes a lot of sense for PHP. > > Ok, Im still not convinced that I personally will ever use aggregation > but im >sure someone out there somewhere would want to use it. But my consern is that >people will start using aggregation instead of normal MI. Aggregation should >only be used at certin times not just for MI. > >(as i said in another post) > > Basically I don't want aggergation to be the only way that a user can > have MI >just because MI isn't implemented. I can see users doing this. > >class A; >class B; >class C; > >$c = new C; >aggergate($c, "A"); >aggergate($c, "B"); > >Just because they "can". Not be cause it makes sence or its readable. I guess >it would aleviate my conserns if MI was included as well as aggergation. > >(as i said in another post) > > >- Brad > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax >http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > >-- >PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> >To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
