Re: Singletons
Forgive me, what is FIG?
On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 6:58 AM, Rowan Collins <[email protected]>wrote:
> Ralf Lang wrote (on 05/02/2014):
>
> Yes, I used them (and ArrayObject) on some occassions. I see no conflict
>> between having them in core and FIG agreeing on their usage or something
>> different.
>>
>
> ArrayObject includes actual implementation, and the interfaces it
> implements activate special behaviour in the core.
>
> SplObserver and SplSubject appear, unless I'm much mistaken, are
> equivalent to about 4 lines of userland PHP each defining 2 very simple
> interfaces. That's exactly the kind of thing FIG is working on, e.g. a
> Logger interface. I can't think of any reason, now that FIG and Composer
> exist, that those interfaces would need to be compiled into a PHP extension.
>
> Not that I'd argue for their removal, now they do exist, but I see them as
> an old experiment in pushing coding standards using the core of PHP, and
> not a useful model for anything new.
>
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