That is correct on item #1, things like ioncube also break it -----Original Message----- From: Jeffry Killen [mailto:jekillen@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2015 09:11 PM To: PHP General list Subject: Meaning of some "Magic constants"? Hello; I have been looking at my copy of the php manual, at magic constants and have a question about two of them. 1: __line__ : I presume that this would be irrelevant if a script file was compressed by removing all the superfluous white space, including line breaks and tabs? (Although since php is not exposed to the client unless the developer uses highlight_file or highlight_string, compressing it this way is not too useful) 2: __trait__: This is the first time I have run into this term in a programming context. What does it mean? In the manual there is an associative reference to namespace. Perhaps I should read up on namespaces relative to php. The only other context I am aware of the term is in XML This is a bit confusing because I have seen the term used referring to object/property relationships, such as in javascript. Specifically, you can create an object through the use of a constructor function function SomeJSObj() { this.introduce = function(a) { alert('Hi, I am '+a) } } var guy = new SomeJSObj() guy.introduce('Joe') // -> alert dialog -> "Hi, I am Joe" So the function/property 'introduce' is namespaced by the object guy. So, how is it different than a member function or variable of a class that can only be accessed via reference to an object instance? Then, finally, how does the term inferred by __trait__ relate? Thank you for time and attention; JK -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
