Posted by Sanders Kaufman on 08/29/07 21:01

gosha bine wrote:

> autoload is a "magic quotes"-type of solution to me: it attempts to
> solve the real problem, but at the wrong place and in the wrong way.
> Besides that, it's "magic" (which stinks like hell) and it's global
> (which stinks even more).
>
> We don't need yet another stinky "magic" quick fix in php. We do need a
> decent packaging system and the catchable ClassNotFound exception.

I gotta say - that whole "magic" thing really turns me off. I'm sure
someone somewhere has good use for it - but as an engineering type, I
get real nervous when folks start naming their algorithms after concepts
from fantasy novels.

I just seems so... deprecable.

(And if I see one more security server named "gandalf", I swear to God
I'll put on a suicide vest and blow the damned thing up myself. - Just
kidding - hahahaha.)

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