From 93540faca8c33bb162054a21557bb41c186b45bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shish <shish@shishnet.org>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:00:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] a note for the future

---
 core/extension.class.php | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/core/extension.class.php b/core/extension.class.php
index 98d6bc15..698731dc 100644
--- a/core/extension.class.php
+++ b/core/extension.class.php
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ abstract class SimpleExtension implements Extension {
 	var $theme;
 	var $_child;
 
+	// in PHP5.3, late static bindings can take care of this; __CLASS__
+	// used here will refer to the subclass
+	// http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.late-static-bindings.php
 	public function i_am($child) {
 		$this->_child = $child;
 		if(is_null($this->theme)) $this->theme = get_theme_object($child, false);