On 04.04.2013, 19:17 Chad wrote: > 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. Yeah, but what if you need more than one global function? ;) -- Best regards, Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]]) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
