[TYPO3-dev] Re: [Typo3-dev] [Good||Silly] idea ???

[Franz Holzinger]

Hello Bernhard,

> But if those two extensions modify completly different functions from 
> the base class they could
> exist together...
> 
> The only workaround at the moment is that one extension knows about the 
> other one and extends the
> extension-class instead of the core class.
> 

I do not think this is a good solution, because you are extending a 
random class you have not ever seen before. So you will not know which 
side effects may occur and if other authors will create extensions with 
the same XCLASS again using maybe the same functions.

I consider it a safer way that this works like it is now. A hook can be 
created instead of this or the base class should be extended with 
additional parameters in the functions.
This forces people to bring their new features into the existing functions.


Franz