Bug #53616 [Bgs]: T_LOGICAL_AND when declaring and() method in class

Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53616&edit=1 ID: 53616 Updated by: rasmus@php.net Reported by: hey at lukecarrier dot me Summary: T_LOGICAL_AND when declaring and() method in class Status: Bogus Type: Bug Package: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Windows 7 x64 PHP Version: 5.3.4 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Very unlikely. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-12-27 17:09:34] hey at lukecarrier dot me Rasmus, thanks for the explanation (it's an honour, by the way :)). Given that this limitation is present in upstream tools, is there any chance of this behaviour changing in future versions of PHP? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-12-27 16:47:35] rasmus@php.net Yes, logically you are right, but we are limited by what the various lexers can do. Neither yacc nor re2c is capable of contextual keyword distinction like that. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-12-27 16:34:53] damian at damianzaremba dot co dot uk That link explains the exception however I do not think that it should be thrown in this case. It is clear that a function is being defined rather than a logical comparison being performed. In this context I believe it should have the result as expected above and only apply logical comparisons in valid circumstances such as in an if. When defining this function, especially in a class it makes no sense to restrict it based in builtins or logical operators. For example defining function and() { echo "hi"; } would not affect if($bar === "foo" and $foo === "bar"){} in any way. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-12-27 16:28:48] felipe@php.net This is expected. http://docs.php.net/manual/en/tokens.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-12-27 16:26:45] hey at lukecarrier dot me Description: ------------ When declaring a method named 'and' within a class, PHP throws a parse error because the function name is interpreted as a logical operator (T_LOGICAL_AND). This appears to be a bug, as it's clear in this context that the developer is not attempting to perform a comparison. Test script: --------------- <?php class LogicalOperatorTest { public function and() { echo "successful!"; } } ?> Expected result: ---------------- The method LogicalOperatorTest->and() to be declared. Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_LOGICAL_AND, expecting T_STRING in C:\pathto\lovely.php on line 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=53616&edit=1