Yes, the OOP doc explains the limitations given the historical moment, totally acceptable and the best solution possible then (php 4 oop not up to par), inadequate now.<br><br>And Earl's blog post is a promising step forward, that is, to start an OOP paradigm on Drupal a portion at a time. He suggests the first portion.
<br><br>Don't want to open up a whole flame war on OOP, but I would say your position is correct in the short term, but that as consultants we have to plan for the medium and long term also (relatively speaking, where months replace years) if our code is going to be reusable.
<br><br>saludos,<br><br>Victor Kane<br><a href="http://awebfactory.com.ar">http://awebfactory.com.ar</a><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/24/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Morbus Iff</b> <<a href="mailto:morbus@disobey.com">
morbus@disobey.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">> The lowest common denominator paints us all into a corner.
<br><br>Sure, but in the biggest room available. I'd much rather be in the<br>corner of a conference hall than in the middle of a closet.<br><br>> Forward to an object oriented paradigm!<br><br>Uh. No. Have you read the OOP doc? Or Earl's recent blog followup?
<br><br>--<br>Morbus Iff ( for safety's sake, don't humiliate me )<br>Technical: <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/779">http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/779</a><br>Culture: <a href="http://www.disobey.com/">
http://www.disobey.com/</a> and <a href="http://www.gamegrene.com/">http://www.gamegrene.com/</a><br>aim: akaMorbus / skype: morbusiff / icq: 2927491 / <a href="http://jabber.org">jabber.org</a>: morbus<br></blockquote></div>
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