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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 06/25/06 16:35
Tony Marston wrote:
> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
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>>Tony Marston wrote:
>>
>>>"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
>>>news:4K2dnSM18oD9YQDZnZ2dnUVZ_oWdnZ2d@comcast.com...
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>>>
>>>>David Haynes wrote:
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>>>>>Jerry Stuckle wrote:
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>>>< snip >
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>>>>I really don't know how hard it would be to add - but I would like to see
>>>>it added. One thing I don't like all that much is the untyped variables.
>>>>It makes things "easy" - but leads to some sloppy programming.
>>>>
>>>>It also means you can't overload functions - at least not with the same
>>>>number of parms. Typing the constructor arguments is a good start. But
>>>>expanding that to other functions without breaking existing code might be
>>>>more difficult.
>>>
>>>
>>>You don't need function overloading in PHP. Why? First you need to look
>>>at why other languages need it:
>>>(a) To accept arguments of different types.
>>>(b) To make some arguments optional.
>>>
>>>With PHP you can accept an argument of any type and then cast it to the
>>>one you want, so item (a) is irrelevant.
>>>
>>>With PHP you can define a default value for an argument if it is not
>>>supplied, so item (b) is irrelevant.
>>>
>>
>>Sure. I would love to be able to have a function which does different
>>things based on the type of parameter passed. It would save a lot of work
>>trying to sort out parameters and potentially having to change existing
>>code when adding new parameter types.
>>
>>But we already know you don't understand or appreciate real OO
>>programming, Tony. So quite frankly, I don't give a damn what you think.
>
>
> Just because my understanding and implementation of OOP is different from
> yours does not make you right and me wrong.
>
Other than the fact your understanding and implementation is different from
every expert in the field.
You *think* you understand OO. But you have no idea what *real* OO is about.
Otherwise you wouldn't be making some of your comments.
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