[TYPO3-project-4-3] TYPO3 autoloader case sensitivity: your opinion please

[Francois Suter]

Hi,

> Actually, ext_autoload.php should not be manually created/edited unless 
> one knows how it works (for example by making change to existing lines 
> or copy/pasting an existing line to create a new reference and thus keep 
> same format).

Well, copy & paste is a common programming pattern ;-)

> Problem is more that there is no "simple" way nor no documented way on 
> how automatically generate this file. The documentation is hidden in 
> blog_example where one can find the commented out line that trigger the 
> ext_autoload.php file generation.

The blog example is extbase-based. Does the system you mention work for 
non-extbase stuff? I'm talking quite generally here and not just about 
extbase extensions.

> 3) Document how to automatically generate this file
> 3b) Have a button in backend (e.g., in EM by editing an extension) to 
> trigger the file generation (just as we may update ext_emconf.php)

That could be a good task for extdeveval actually.

Cheers

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Francois Suter
Cobweb Development Sarl - http://www.cobweb.ch