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Subject: __init magic method
From: pete@the-echoplex.net (Pete Boere)

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Has there ever been any discussion on an __init magic method for
bootstraping static properties on class load?

The usual solution I come up with is manually calling an init method post
class definition, which works, though I'd call it slighly less than elegant:

class Foo {
    static $bar;
    static function init () {
        // Create $bar with expressions...
        self::$bar = $bar;
    }
}
Foo:init();

A custom autoloader could of course anticipate this but with systems like
composer that have a shared autoload, it'd be nicer to use those than rely
on a custom loader.


-- 
Pete Boere
Web Developer

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