[TYPO3-50-general] OrthoScript

[Elmar Hinz]

> And should it be like this for objects?
> 
> $TS['we']['all']['love']['_OBJECT'] = 'TEXT';
> $TS['we']['all']['love']['value']['_VALUE'] = 'upper';
> 

That's a nice extension to the basical idea. 
  
By doing a second step from here it would even be possible to migrate the
PHP configuration arrays like TCA to TS to get a single configuration
format for all parts of T3.

> But....
> 
> The idea is to represent in TS 2.0 TS objects as PHP objects, so there 
> will be no array any more.
> 

I fully agree that TS objects should controll real objects instead of
functions like in infamous class.tslib_content.php. 

But I have serious doubts, if it is a wise idea to use objects for the
internal represantation of the mere TS configuration. That looks a little
to eager to me. 

Kind of oversized. Performance decreases. The work to manipulate the
configuration within your PHP code increaes. You can't overwrite a simple
array anymore. I wonder, what shall be gained, while such a high price is
to pay.

I see parallels to the decision to store translations into XML. That was
politically corret at that time, but technically unnecessary. Providing
translations became a burdon since then. UTF-8 translations in typoscript
format would have been an improvement.

Regards

Elmar