#28261 [Com]: Lifting reserved keyword restriction for method names

ID: 28261 Comment by: taufiq at krimnet dot com Reported By: Philippe dot Jausions at 11abacus dot com Status: Open Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: * PHP Version: 6CVS, 5CVS New Comment: I need this bug to be resolved. I'm writing Javascript/CSS collector & minify library. I would like to code like below. JS::include(FILE_PATH)->include(FILE_PATH2)->include(FILE_PATH3); having method name other than include() is pretty annoying. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-12-16 00:46:09] kentfredric at gmail dot com At the moment (5.2.3 ) this is perfectly valid. Class A{ function __call( $function, $args ){ if( $function == 'print' ){ print "MyPrint: {$args[0]}"; } } } $a = new A(); $a->print( "hello" ); #<-- surprisingly, this is not an invalid use of a keyword to the lexer. # >> MyPrint: hello but this Class A{ function print( $args ){ print "MyPrint: {$args}"; } } $a = new A(); $a->print( "hello" ); Yields a parse error "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_PRINT, expecting T_STRING" which appears to be an illogical design contstraint. I've seen rather brutal slander for people attempting to perform this ( #14178 , this bug ) amounting to "hey, you suck, dont do that" without any rational explanation. So yes, I look forward to this feature being integrated. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2007-10-05 02:13:49] cellog@php.net as new reserved words are introduced, they tend to clash with existing class's method names. import and namespace are particularly nasty examples of methods that are likely to clash, although I have also run into problems with "list" which is a very nice method name for many tasks. The patches linked to in this comment provides a simple and effective means of allowing reserved words in method names. Not only is it possible, but it is quite elegant :). It also fixes, as a side effect, a bug in the parsing of this code: <?php class A { var $list; } $a = new A; $a->list = 1; $a-> list = 2; // parse error, unexpected T_LIST ?> whitespace between T_OBJECT_OPERATOR and the variable name changes the token returned from T_STRING to any valid token. Patch for PHP 5: http://pear.php.net/~greg/smarter_lexer.patch.txt Patch for PHP 6: http://pear.php.net/~greg/php6_smarter_lexer.patch.txt ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-05-04 18:18:05] helly@php.net That's simply impossible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-05-03 17:36:00] Philippe dot Jausions at 11abacus dot com Description: ------------ Suggestion: Wouldn't it be possible to lift the reserved keyword restriction for method names? It seems to me that there shouldn't be any namespace conflict with the core PHP language. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php class a { function eval() { // Do something... } } ?> Actual result: -------------- Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_EVAL, expecting T_STRING ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=28261&edit=1