# Overloading

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/38616
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- Started by Tinsley on 2008-06-25T15:05:11+00:00
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## #38616 — Tinsley — 2008-06-25T15:05:11+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/38616#38616

Thank you Lukas.

Mark Tinsley
Developer
Dallas Airmotive
(214) 353-6739
mtinsley@dallasairmotive.com
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Lukas Kahwe Smith [mailto:mls@pooteeweet.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 9:51 AM
To: Marcus Boerger
Cc: Tinsley, Mark; internals@lists.php.net
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Overloading




> Hello Mark,
>
>  we discussed overloading a hell lot of times an dthe conclusionj  
> always
> and every single time has been NO. It would mean a large slowdown for
> every single PHP application out there and it is not really that much
> halpful. In fact it makes code less readable and maintainable so it
> opposes the KISS (Keep It Simple Safe) approach of PHP.

FYI, for future reference I at least added a link to the rfc page to  
this thread:
http://wiki.php.net/rfc#declined

regards,
Lukas Kahwe Smith
mls@pooteeweet.org