+1

Totally. I always prefer static methods inside classes, anyway. You  
can take advantage of constants and all of that good stuff without  
having to pollute the namespace.

On May 8, 2008, at 2:40 PM, Sebastian Busch wrote:

>
> +1
>
> I'd also like to have simple, static class methods as helpers.
>
> In that case, autoloading can also be used (which is a huge step
> forward compared to plain helper functions, having to call
> use_helper() is an outdated concept, annoying and error-prone (hey
> helper functions, sorry, I like you anyway ;-))
>
> Being able to override this stuff is also a great advantage.
>
> Sebastian
>
> 2008/5/8 naholyr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>
>> By the way, having "Url::linkTo" instead of "link_to" wouldn't be  
>> such
>> a pain (especially if you have a sfCompat10 option which still
>> provides functions as wrappers).
>> And this would permit overriding, if this is made like Model for
>> example :
>>
>> .Symfony directory
>> ...lib
>> .....helper
>> .......sfUrl.php <-- class sfUrl with all the Url helper methods
>> .......Url.php <-- class Url which just extends sfUrl
>>
>> Which would allow to do like that to extend standard helper :
>> .Project directory
>> ...lib
>> .....helper
>> .......Url.php <-- my own version of Url helper, which extends sfUrl
>> and maybe redefines or add some features :)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8 mai, 22:08, Fabien POTENCIER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> project.com> wrote:
>>> James wrote:
>>>> Weird I thought I had read in the mailing list that they were not
>>>> going to be.  Are some helpers being removed?
>>>
>>> The plan was to removed them and replace them with classes but we  
>>> run
>>> out of time to make it happen in 1.1.
>>>
>>> Fabien
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> James
>>>
>>>> On May 8, 2008, at 3:54 PM, Fabien POTENCIER wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Helpers are available in symfony 1.1
>>>
>>>>> Fabien
>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Fabien Potencier
>>>>> Sensio CEO - symfony lead developer
>>>>> sensiolabs.com | symfony-project.com | aide-de-camp.org
>>>>> Tél: +33 1 40 99 80 80
>>>
>>>>> James wrote:
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>
>>>>>> I haven't started developing on 1.1 yet and probably won't for  
>>>>>> some
>>>>>> time, but I am wondering what the thinking was behind not having
>>>>>> helpers?  I personally really like them and find them handy for  
>>>>>> a lot
>>>>>> of things.
>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> James
>>>
>>
>
> >


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