# user@xxxxxxxxxxxxx / 2007-02-06 12:47:47 +0100: > Have been reading posts daily for two months now on the list, and am very > pleased at how informative these can be. > I have noticed, many examples where one is pointed to using classes > downloadable on the internet. > This is when i realized how often these classes that do "everything" are > very BIG. Big classes and long methods are signs of bad code, no matter if it's downloadable for free or costs money. > Here, it's the programmer who is confronted with loading huge files into > memory to use just one perhaps two function in a 300+ functionality class.. what's a "300+ functionality class"? One having more than 300 public methods? Where can I see it? Such a beast could be legit (hard to tell without knowing more), but it's probably a result of incompetence. > Shouldn't these classes be perhaps broken down into usefull "parts". Definitely. -- How many Vietnam vets does it take to screw in a light bulb? You don't know, man. You don't KNOW. Cause you weren't THERE. http://bash.org/?255991 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
