On Sun, 6 Sep 2009, Jake Barnes wrote: > So I am puzzled: why are helpers implemented as functions, instead of > as methods of classes?
Does it make sense to load an entire class for a few functions designed to make writing templates easier? > The use of functions seems incongruous with the > stated aims of Symfony. It seems clunky to have such an advanced > framework that falls back to functions for some things. In that case, you may also ask why Ruby on Rails also uses helpers despite Ruby being a pure OOP language? I think symfony is more pragmatic than purist. -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "symfony users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/symfony-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
