Just wondering,
Is it possible for an instance of a class to unset itself?
can I do "unset($this)" or "unset(&$this)"
regards,
Lieven http://eye.cc php newsgroups 7 5213
Don't be silly. The execution path is sequential, so after a command which
does not involve a jump is executed the next instruction to be executed will
be the very next instruction in the same object method. If you have just
erased the object that contains the next instruction what do you think will
happen? How is the PHP processor supposed to know where to go?
--
Tony Marston http://www.tonymarston.net
"lievendp" <li******@pandora-dot-be.no-spam.invalid> wrote in message
news:dt***********@news3.infoave.net... Just wondering,
Is it possible for an instance of a class to unset itself? can I do "unset($this)" or "unset(&$this)"
regards, Lieven http://eye.cc php newsgroups
No, unset($this) will only remove $this from variable space of the
current function scope. The object will remain in the caller scope.
You can do a $this = null to overwrite the object however.
Tony Marston said the following on 21/02/2006 09:46: Don't be silly. The execution path is sequential, so after a command which does not involve a jump is executed the next instruction to be executed will be the very next instruction in the same object method. If you have just erased the object that contains the next instruction what do you think will happen? How is the PHP processor supposed to know where to go?
I dunno about PHP, but the equivalent is perfectly possible in C++, i.e.
you can call delete on this (assuming it's a heap-based object).
The object and its method code are not one and the same thing. Deleting
an object doesn't mean that the code disappears...
However, like I said, I don't know what PHP allows you to do or not.
--
Oli
"Oli Filth" <ca***@olifilth.co.uk> wrote in message
news:0F*******************@newsfe6-win.ntli.net... Tony Marston said the following on 21/02/2006 09:46: Don't be silly. The execution path is sequential, so after a command which does not involve a jump is executed the next instruction to be executed will be the very next instruction in the same object method. If you have just erased the object that contains the next instruction what do you think will happen? How is the PHP processor supposed to know where to go?
I dunno about PHP, but the equivalent is perfectly possible in C++, i.e. you can call delete on this (assuming it's a heap-based object).
The object and its method code are not one and the same thing. Deleting an object doesn't mean that the code disappears...
An object is comprised of methods (code) and properties (variables). If you
delete/unset an object then both disappear as all their reference points no
longer exist. The code may still exist in the class definition, but the
object, which contains a copy of that code in memory, does not, so how can
it continue executing any of that code?
Deleting an object while you are still inside it is like blowing up a house
when you are still inside - not a good idea!
Tony Marston said the following on 23/02/2006 10:02: "Oli Filth" <ca***@olifilth.co.uk> wrote in message news:0F*******************@newsfe6-win.ntli.net... Tony Marston said the following on 21/02/2006 09:46: Don't be silly. The execution path is sequential, so after a command which does not involve a jump is executed the next instruction to be executed will be the very next instruction in the same object method. If you have just erased the object that contains the next instruction what do you think will happen? How is the PHP processor supposed to know where to go? I dunno about PHP, but the equivalent is perfectly possible in C++, i.e. you can call delete on this (assuming it's a heap-based object).
The object and its method code are not one and the same thing. Deleting an object doesn't mean that the code disappears...
An object is comprised of methods (code) and properties (variables). If you delete/unset an object then both disappear as all their reference points no longer exist. The code may still exist in the class definition, but the object, which contains a copy of that code in memory, does not, so how can it continue executing any of that code?
Well, in C++, objects most definitely don't keep a copy of the method
code in memory. When you call something like obj.Func(var); in C++
(assuming obj is an instance of class Foo), the compiler actually
translates that to something like:
__Foo__Func(&obj, var);
with the method actually just equivalent to a normal global function,
internally defined as something like:
void __Foo__Func(struct Foo *this, int var)
{
...
}
and Foo internally defined as:
struct Foo
{
/* member variables of Foo */
}
Calling delete this; just deallocates the storage space set aside for
the Foo struct. Nothing at all happens to the code.
I'd like to think that something similar occurs in PHP, as making a
"copy" of the code every time you create an object would be a waste of
time and memory.
Deleting an object while you are still inside it is like blowing up a house when you are still inside - not a good idea!
Going back to C++, use of "delete this" is quite a common practice in
smart-pointer/reference-counting classes, or objects designed not to
have any other references to them.
--
Oli
PHP is not C++, so expecting the same behaviour from two different languages
is just being too optimistic. It is not wise to delete an object while you
are still inside it, nor is it wise to overwrite it with something else
while you are still inside it. Why? Because it buggers up any references to
the original object which may still exist in other places.
--
Tony Marston http://www.tonymarston.net
"Oli Filth" <ca***@olifilth.co.uk> wrote in message
news:kA*******************@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net... Tony Marston said the following on 23/02/2006 10:02: "Oli Filth" <ca***@olifilth.co.uk> wrote in message news:0F*******************@newsfe6-win.ntli.net... Tony Marston said the following on 21/02/2006 09:46: Don't be silly. The execution path is sequential, so after a command which does not involve a jump is executed the next instruction to be executed will be the very next instruction in the same object method. If you have just erased the object that contains the next instruction what do you think will happen? How is the PHP processor supposed to know where to go?
I dunno about PHP, but the equivalent is perfectly possible in C++, i.e. you can call delete on this (assuming it's a heap-based object).
The object and its method code are not one and the same thing. Deleting an object doesn't mean that the code disappears...
An object is comprised of methods (code) and properties (variables). If you delete/unset an object then both disappear as all their reference points no longer exist. The code may still exist in the class definition, but the object, which contains a copy of that code in memory, does not, so how can it continue executing any of that code?
Well, in C++, objects most definitely don't keep a copy of the method code in memory. When you call something like obj.Func(var); in C++ (assuming obj is an instance of class Foo), the compiler actually translates that to something like:
__Foo__Func(&obj, var);
with the method actually just equivalent to a normal global function, internally defined as something like:
void __Foo__Func(struct Foo *this, int var) { ... }
and Foo internally defined as:
struct Foo { /* member variables of Foo */ }
Calling delete this; just deallocates the storage space set aside for the Foo struct. Nothing at all happens to the code.
I'd like to think that something similar occurs in PHP, as making a "copy" of the code every time you create an object would be a waste of time and memory.
Deleting an object while you are still inside it is like blowing up a house when you are still inside - not a good idea!
Going back to C++, use of "delete this" is quite a common practice in smart-pointer/reference-counting classes, or objects designed not to have any other references to them.
-- Oli
Tony Marston said the following on 23/02/2006 23:49: PHP is not C++, so expecting the same behaviour from two different languages is just being too optimistic.
I'm not; I was just disputing the assertion that an object is a
collection of code and variables.
It is not wise to delete an object while you are still inside it, nor is it wise to overwrite it with something else while you are still inside it. Why? Because it buggers up any references to the original object which may still exist in other places.
In most situations, yes. But the whole point of having an object delete
itself (in OO languages in general) is in situations where there are
intentionally no external pointers/references to it. In PHP, I can't
see how such a situation could exist, though.
The point is moot, however, because the language doesn't allow it...
--
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