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Posted by Jason Barnett on 01/17/05 18:22
Jochem Maas wrote:
> Jason Barnett wrote:
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>> Gerard Samuel wrote:
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> ....
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>> I haven't checked the source on this one so I can't guarantee that
>> what I've said above is true, but I believe it to be true. Someone
>> correct me if I'm wrong (wouldn't be the first time ;)
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> seems to me like you 'on the money'.
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> I just wanted to add that IMHO use of __autoload() is over rated (too
> much magic is not alway a good thing) in the general case, i.e. use it
> for specific types of classes like dataobject classes that are generated
> on the fly - but don't use it as a catchall handler
I haven't tested this, but you make a good point. I would guess this
advice to be particularly good if you are using one of the opcode
cachers out there (since they may / may not be able to cache code for
files included via __autoload).
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