I'd prefer not having a handler for autoloader. I'd prefer having the 
Engine look for ClassName.php in the default include_path and if it doesn't 
exist die... (i.e. not call any user-definable PHP function).

Andi

At 11:33 AM 6/10/2002 +0200, phpsurf wrote:
>this patch would be really great !
>
>I can remember it has been discussed a lot on the ZE2 mailing list about the
>'import' feature.
>some people (and I was) would have apreciated another name because this name
>was already used in many PHP frameworks to implement a function that loads
>classes.
>
>As far as I followed this thread, the agreement was that the import keyword
>can be used fine for namespaces if a autoload statement was patched to the
>engine ... so everyone would be happy ! :)
>
>I guess your patch gives some function like this one :
>set_classautoload_handler("myAutoLoader");
>
>and then, one can implement a function like this:
>myAutoLoader($className) {
>  if (!class_exists($className)) {
>   include("class/".str_replace("_", "/", $className).".php");
>   }
>}
>
>I'm sure many programmers would apreciate such a feature.
>Especially as it whould have no BC issue at all !
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ivan Ristic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: dimanche 9 juin 2002 22:46
> > To: Zeev Suraski
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] REPOST: Class Autoloading [PATCH]
> >
> >
> > > I believe this has been discussed in the past and not ack'd,
> > please read
> > > the php-dev archives...
> >
> >   I tried and I tried but I couldn't find a discussion on anything
> >   similar on the mailing list.
> >
> >   The code I sent is *already* in use, and has been in
> >   use for some time now. Take a look at this message from
> >   November 2001:
> >
> >   http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-dev&m=100687224711738&w=2
> >
> >   I didn't introduce anything new, so if it was OK then it should be
> >   OK now. Also, the code cannot affect the people that are not using
> >   the feature so I do not think that there will be any kind of impact
> >   on the existing user base.
> >
> >   This feature makes it possible to have one class per file and not
> >   to worry about inclusion at all. It becomes especially useful when
> >   used together with products such as Zend Accelerator, where files
> >   are cached (and you do not have to worry about a large number of
> >   small files).
> >
> > --
> > Ivan Ristic, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >
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