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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] A modest proposal: __contructStatic
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins)

Kris Craig wrote on 16/02/2015 01:40:
> > create the static instance
>
> Isn't that essentially a contradiction in terms?  I can't help but 
> feel that blurring the line between static and non-static 
> classes/methods would cause more harm than good.
>
> I've never really done any work with Redis before so I'm also having 
> trouble understanding the use case for this given that everybody's 
> talking about this solely in the context of Redis.

It's basically like any database connection - in a simple app, you just 
need a single connection that you can run lots of queries against, so 
global/singleton access is very convenient.

I do see the use case, but am not sure it's compelling enough to add a 
language feature, given that a similar effect can be achieved using 
existing features.

Regards,
-- 
Rowan Collins
[IMSoP]