This is better for performance because these then don't need to be reevaluated every time they are called.
When encountering an unqualified function or constant reference, PHP will first try to locate a symbol in the current namespace by that name, and then fall back to the global namespace.
This short-circuits the check, which has substantial performance effects in some cases - in particular, ord(), chr() and strlen() show ~1500x faster calls when they are fully qualified.
However, this doesn't mean that PM is getting a massive amount faster. In real world terms, this translates to about 10-15% performance improvement.
But before anyone gets excited, you should know that the CodeOptimizer in the PreProcessor repo has been applying fully-qualified symbol optimizations to Jenkins builds for years, which is one of the reasons why Jenkins builds have better performance than home-built or source installations.
We're choosing to do this for the sake of future SafePHP integration and also to be able to get rid of the buggy CodeOptimizer, so that phar and source are more consistent.
* Event handlers always handle subclass events. public static $handlerList no longer required.
* Removed $handlerList declarations
* HandlerList cleanup: Removed HandlerList->handlers and related bake methods
* Removed obsolete Event->getHandlers()
* EventPriority: Added fromString()
* PluginManager: throw exceptions on registering handlers with invalid priorities
This allows specifying a handler of `EntityDamageEvent` which will handle any instanceof it (as per current behaviour), AND also now allows specifying a handler specifically for `EntityDamageByEntityEvent`, which only handles `EntityDamageEvent`.
This was not previously possible due to limitations in the way handlers were registered.
Abstract events may not be handled unless they declare the `@allowHandle` PhpDoc tag.
This now removes the need for recursing around for structures comprised of multiple blocks. Instead, override getAffectedBlocks() to return all blocks that need to be deleted when the current block is deleted, and make sure that only one half of the block drops something. When a player breaks one of the blocks, all the blocks affected by that block will also be destroyed, creating particles and sounds where appropriate.
This fixes creative drops for double plants and beds.
* Improve usability of Sign API
* PHP
* Throw exceptions if out of range
* Fix phpdocs
* Formatting, additional checks in the SignChangeEvent.
* Blame php storm
* require line count to always be 4
* Adjust exception message
