On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Kris Wallsmith <[email protected]> wrote:
> I think it is misleading to the user to encourage the use of class constants
> as event names. An event name is a simple string in a global namespace while
> a class constant includes a namespace and class name. I am concerned that
> users will create disparate class constants with the same value, leading to
> a collision. For example, if Foo\Bar::preExecute and Bar\Foo::preExecute are
> both equal to 'preExecute' they will both trigger the same listeners when
> dispatched, which will probably lead to unexpected results and some
> unnecessary WTFs.
> The best solution I can think of is to stop using class constants and just
> use simple strings instead. This will make it clear to the user that they
> are dealing with a simple string in a global namespace.
> $dispatcher->dispatch('preSomethingExecute')
> What do you think?

I think I liked how it was namespaced before, core.request,
core.response, it looks like service names etc. Now it looks like IE's
onfoo JS events, except with a camelCased spin on them.

Cheers

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Jordi Boggiano
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