Posted by Jason Barnett on 01/17/05 18:22

Jochem Maas wrote:
> Jason Barnett wrote:
>
>> Gerard Samuel wrote:
>>
>
> ....
>
>>
>> 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 ;)
>
>
> seems to me like you 'on the money'.
>
> 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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