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rfc:autofunc [2011/08/06 11:16] – under discussion tyraelrfc:autofunc [2014/04/08 22:46] – Inactive levim
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   * Date: 2011-08-05   * Date: 2011-08-05
   * Author: Ferenc Kovacs <tyra3l@gmail.com>   * Author: Ferenc Kovacs <tyra3l@gmail.com>
-  * Status: Under Discussion+  * Status: Inactive
   * First Published at: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/autofunc   * First Published at: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/autofunc
  
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 The suggested change would be pretty straightforward and BC compatible: The suggested change would be pretty straightforward and BC compatible:
-  * Add a fourth optional parameter for spl_autoload_register called $types with the default value of T_CLASS (this would keep the BC), supported values would be any combination of T_CLASS and T_FUNCTION for now.+  * Add two new constants to spl: SPL_AUTOLOAD_CLASS, SPL_AUTOLOAD_FUNCTION.  
 +  * Add a fourth optional parameter for spl_autoload_register called $types with the default value of SPL_AUTOLOAD_CLASS (this would keep the BC), supported values would be any combination of SPL_AUTOLOAD_CLASS and SPL_AUTOLOAD_FUNCTION for now.
     * As you would guess, this would work the same way as the $error_types parameter works for set_error_handler: you can specify for which type(s) of missing tokens the autoloader should be called.     * As you would guess, this would work the same way as the $error_types parameter works for set_error_handler: you can specify for which type(s) of missing tokens the autoloader should be called.
   * The type for the missing token should also be passed to the $autoload_function callback as a second param.   * The type for the missing token should also be passed to the $autoload_function callback as a second param.
     * This is needed to be able to handle multiple types of tokens with a common callback.     * This is needed to be able to handle multiple types of tokens with a common callback.
     * Note that passing more parameters to a function than it has in its definition is valid, this would also be a backward compatible change.     * Note that passing more parameters to a function than it has in its definition is valid, this would also be a backward compatible change.
-  * Change the current class autoloading to only call the autoloaders which match with the T_CLASS types. +  * Change the current class autoloading to only call the autoloaders which match with the SPL_AUTOLOAD_CLASS types. 
-  * Add the function autoloading to only call the autoloaders which match with the T_FUNCTION types.+  * Add the function autoloading to only call the autoloaders which match with the SPL_AUTOLOAD_FUNCTION types.
  
 ==== Future improvements ==== ==== Future improvements ====
  
-Notice that currently only functions are proposed, but we could implement autoloading other tokens (T_DECLARE, T_CONST, etc.) with this interface.+Notice that currently only functions are proposed, but we could implement autoloading other tokens (SPL_AUTOLOAD_CONSTANT, etc.) with this interface.
  
 ==== Examples ==== ==== Examples ====
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   true,   true,
   false,   false,
-  T_FUNCTION+  SPL_AUTOLOAD_FUNCTION
  );  );
  
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   function ($name, $type) {   function ($name, $type) {
    switch($type){    switch($type){
-    case T_CLASS:+    case SPL_AUTOLOAD_CLASS:
      /* ... */      /* ... */
      break;      break;
-    case T_FUNCTION:+    case SPL_AUTOLOAD_FUNCTION:
      /* ... */      /* ... */
      break;            break;      
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   true,   true,
   false,   false,
-  T_CLASS|T_FUNCTION+  SPL_AUTOLOAD_CLASS|SPL_AUTOLOAD_FUNCTION
  );  );
 </code> </code>
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   * [[http://www.mail-archive.com/internals@lists.php.net/msg48820.html]]   * [[http://www.mail-archive.com/internals@lists.php.net/msg48820.html]]
  
 +==== Changelog ====
 + * 2011.08.17 - replace the T_* constants with SPL_AUTOLOAD_*
  
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