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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 01:09:35 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Class Destruction / Reloading
From: helly@php.net (Marcus Boerger)

Hello Sean,

Thursday, August 19, 2004, 12:01:25 AM, you wrote:

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> Hello Internals,

> Has anyone given thought to a feature that allows (PHP) developer to
> invalidate classes (allowing the developer to re-load the class, with
> modified code)? I realize that this is not possible now, and for good
> reason. But I think the idea has potential.

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> Is this worth further discussion?

Not before until we have an application server and php scripts that are
designed to run for several months. And even then we would also need
improved Reflection support and conatiner support and so on and so on.

Best regards,
 Marcus                            mailto:helly@php.net