Woozle Hypertwin @woozle@toot.cat

#PHP thought: If you use a trait in a class, are you a class-traiter?*

Bonus joke: if the parent classes don't like it, they may make a "final" declaration and cut off your inheritance.

(*This joke is probably obvious and and only 1% of PHP devs working with traits haven't already thought of it -- which is why 1% of PHP devs own 99% of the bad PHP jokes.)

If I were to implement an SMTP server in #PHP, would that be chaotic neutral?

How about if I stored the data in MySQL instead of mbox? Or... JSON? #AmIEvilYet 🌩️ ☠️ ​

Another Actual #PHP Gripe (minor): I wish traits could require an interface from the host class. (That is, a trait could specify that any class which uses it must implement one or more specified interfaces, because it needs that interface's methods in order to function.)

Related gripe mentioned earlier: I wish traits could specify that they satisfy a given interface.

So the syntax to incorporate both of these would be something like this:

trait MyTrait
implements SatisfiedInterface
extends NeededInterface {
[...]
}

(I'm using "extends" mainly to avoid adding another keyword like "requires", but I think it's logically consistent: if a class extends a class that has abstract methods, then it must either be abstract or implement those methods -- and an interface is pretty much identical to an abstract class with only abstract methods, all public.)

(P.S. This is my first #Markdown toot!)

Another actual (minor) #PHP gripe:

A class uses a trait, but wants to override one of the trait's methods by modifying its output, which requires calling the trait's version of the method to get the original output.

If the trait were used by a parent class, you could use parent::method() to call it -- but if the trait is used in the current class, you can't.

I get around this by declaring a dummy parent class which uses the trait, then overriding it in the real class (which descends from the dummy) -- but honestly, I shouldn't have to do that.

While typing this, I remembered there was a syntax for modifying how trait methods are accessed when they're used. I tried that just now, and it worked. This is better than my old solution, but still seems like it should be unnecessary.

Actual complaint about #PHP: you can't typecast classes.

That is, you can't treat an object of Class1 as being an object of Class2 (so as to have access to additional/different functions (methods) for handling its data)...

...even if Class2 is a descendant of Class1.

...unless that has changed since the last time I tried it.

I think I've finally worked out how to introduce myself better: http://woozalia.com/wiki/Me (updated) #introductions

Some keywords: #depression #musician #keyboards #songwriting #friendship #liquidDemocracy #cooperatives #suicide #ADHD #genderDysphoria #transgender #MtF #PHP #coding #hubzilla #friendica #diaspora

What have I left out?