On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Max Semenik <maxsem.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 04.04.2013, 16:04 Tyler wrote: > >> I still fully maintain that entirely static classes is the most useless >> thing and is just an extremely crude method of hiding global context. We're >> using PHP 5.3 in the core, might as well just use namespaces at that point, >> because that's what a static class is: a namespace with global variables >> and functions. It entirely defeats the purpose of object oriented >> programming. > > There's a difference: static classes can have private variables, > allowing to hide implementation. >
And variables inside a global function are also scoped, so they don't leak implementation either. The point is semi-valid for functions, though. -Chad _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
