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Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 10:24:20 -0400
To: Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] __autoload() enhancement
From: jeff@procata.com (Jeff Moore)


On Apr 3, 2005, at 6:05 AM, Zeev Suraski wrote:

> What I'd like to suggest is a change in the behavior of __autoload(), 
> so that multiple __autoload()'s could be defined.  Essentially, 
> declaring __autoload() would in fact add the function to the list of 
> functions that are called in case a missing class is referenced.  
> However, it will not actually place a function named __autoload() in 
> the PHP function table.  That way, it would be possible to declare 
> multiple __autoloads(), and have all of them called when a missing 
> class is spotted.

Coupled with namespaces, declaring multiple __autoload functions seems 
natural:

namespace x {
	function __autoload() {
	}
	...
}

namespace y {
	function __autoload() {
	}
	...
}

Absent namespaces, the symbol table manipulation seems a bit magical to 
me.

Just brainstorming here, but why not an __autoload for functions?