Stuart Dallas wrote:
Stuart Dallas wrote:
>> No code duplication but clear separation between static and instantiated
usage. However, this is not the best way to structure this code IMO. The better
option would be to extract the static parts into a separate class, and use that new
class from the instantiated version.
>
> I've sort of got a problem with that since duplicating every content package
class and then deciding which version I should be accessing does not make sense.
I didn't suggest duplicating anything, just separating the elements so there's
a clear distinction between static and instantiated. This is basic software
engineering if you ask me. I was going to rant about defensive programming
here, but life's too short!
> I'm slowly pulling the 'static' elements into their own function and leaving
the instantiated elements alone but it's slow work. Those people who kept telling
me 'just fix the errors' simply don't understand how complex that CAN be:( I've
only worked my way through half a dozen packages and I've 20 or so to go ... all
just to bring things 'up to acceptable php code';)
It is as simple as that. Fix the errors. There may be a lot of them, and there
may be complex interplay between different parts of your code, but it's still
as simple as just fixing the errors.
Actually is NOT as simple as that ...
I have fixed the problems on the package set I use on a number of my sites, but
it simply brings me back to your first comment, since fixing the problems is not
the same as producing tidy code going to build on. The original code base comes
from PHP4 times, but has now been developed into a base 'content' class from
which all other 'content' classes are descended. The static functions create
generic url, uri and the like, while the 'instantiated' version simply uses the
objects own values to provide the variable elements. If I move the static
functions into separate classes why is that better than packaging the descended
code in the class itself?
What I'm trying to establish here is in what way the code base needs re-writing
in line with 'current good practice' while keeping the sites running as reliably
as they have over the last few years with the 'bad practice' being flagged by
'STRICT' :(
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