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Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 17:31:34 +0100 (BST)
To: "Gina P. Banyard" <internals@gpb.moe>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Change Directory class to behave like an opaque
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From: derick@php.net (Derick Rethans)

On Sat, 14 Sep 2024, Gina P. Banyard wrote:

> I came across the Directory class while doing some code exploration of 
> ext/standard. This class is effectively an opaque object for Directory 
> resources, however it doesn't behave like one, as it has existed since 
> PHP 4.
> 
> As such, I am proposing an RFC to turn this class into an opaque 
> object.
> 
> RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/directory-opaque-object

I see you want to make "new Directory" not work - but wouldn't it make 
more sense if that was the *prefered* way instead of using dir() ?

cheers,
Derick