#46668 [NEW]: Changing static class operator to "->"

From: nightstorm at tlen dot pl Operating system: PHP version: 6CVS-2008-11-25 (CVS) PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Changing static class operator to "->" Description: ------------ Hi everyone, I've recently read about some controversies concerning the new namespace operator and I noticed a possible solution which I want to share with you. Unfortunately, it breaks the backward compatibility. The idea is to use "->" both for normal object and static class element access, as id does not introduce any ambiguity and can be resolved directly by the lexical parser: $variable->field - object call $variable->method() - object call ClassName->field - static call ClassName->method() - static call ClassName->method()->method2()->field - first one is static, the rest are object calls. Now "::" can be used as the namespace access operator. I use the same rules in my template engine to convert the object calls to the PHP syntax and I'm pretty sure they are correct. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=46668&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46668&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46668&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46668&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46668&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46668&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46668&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46668&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46668&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46668&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46668&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46668&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46668&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46668&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46668&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46668&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46668&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46668&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46668&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46668&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46668&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=46668&r=mysqlcfg