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Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:10:59 -0200
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To: "Stan Vassilev | FM" <sv_forums@fmethod.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Enhanced __CLASS__ constant
From: guilhermeblanco@gmail.com (Guilherme Blanco)

Why not just enhance get_class() function to accept the object itself
(not only the instance)?

This means:
- No new keyword
- No magic Foo::__MIRACLEHERE__
- No 50 pages documentation to help user

Regards,

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 5:24 AM, Stan Vassilev | FM
<sv_forums@fmethod.com> wrote:
>
>
>> Especially in namespaced code it should be very useful  to have
>> "something" returning fully qualified name as string. It can be operator=
,
>> but I think introducing new keyword is bad way, or it can be realized us=
ing
>> well known magic constant in new context:
>>
>> Example:
>>
>> function factory($class)
>> {
>>   return new $class;
>> }
>>
>> $obj =3D factory('MyClass'); // returns object MyClass
>> $obj =3D factory(MyClass::__CLASS__); // returns again object MyClass, c=
ode
>> is little bit more selfexplaining
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I've discovered this omission earlier and I have proposed two solutions:
>
> 1) $x =3D nameof Foo;
>
> -or-
>
> 2) $x =3D Foo::__NAME__; // very similar to yours, Foo::__CLASS__ may eve=
n be
> better
>
> Since passing identifier references as strings is relatively pervasive in=
 a
> lot of the PHP code out there, I hope this is resolved for 5.3, before we
> figure out we need it the hard way after we've littered our code with ton=
s
> of manually written out explicit references.
>
> One problem with your proposal / my second proposal is, it works for
> classes, but doesn't address namespaced 1) functions 2) constants.
>
> A new keyword would address this, but then, who wants a new keyword,
> right...
>
> Regards,
> Stan Vassilev
>
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