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[Hans Zaunere]

> >> $foo = new Bar();
> >> $a = 'my_method';
> >> $result = $foo->{$a}();
> >>
> >> Very useful sometimes.
> >
> > Yes, but indirection can easily be overused.  Please don't overuse as it
> > makes reading other's code that much harder.
> >
> 
> Hah, just imagining a project from hell that would define() all of the
> method names in an include and then make calls like the following:
> 
> $result = $foo->{ MY_METHOD_1 }();
> 
> ... because then if the foo interface ever changes, all you have to do
> is update the include file. :-D

That's crazy talk.  

-- defining/reading constants is expensive - performance

-- when an interface to an object changes, it's likely going to be more than
just syntactic sugar and the names of the methods

-- looks weird

-- it's just strange

-- indirection is never implemented in an organized way

There, I said it :)

H