Req #63837 [Opn->Nab]: Privater abstract functions

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63837&edit=1 ID: 63837 Updated by: krakjoe@php.net Reported by: larry at ldrutlege dot com Summary: Privater abstract functions -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Class/Object related PHP Version: 5.4.10 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: The page referenced concerns migration from 5.0 to 5.1 None of this is relevant. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-12-22 19:51:15] larry at ldrutlege dot com Actually not misspelled per se, but spelled according to British spelling whereas the English site seems to primarily use American spelling. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-12-22 19:47:53] larry at ldrutlege dot com Description: ------------ From the page http://php.net/manual/en/migration51.oop.php "Abstract private methods were supported between PHP 5.0.0 and PHP 5.0.4, but were then disallowed on the grounds that the behaviours of private and abstract are mutually exclusive." This was true in PHP 5.3 and earlier since any method declared abstract private could not be accessed outside the declaring class and so the definition was without function. In PHP 5.4 and later however, traits may have access to private methods of a class and so an abstract private definition may have a purpose. For instance, traits may have need of helper methods which may be needed only by the trait's methods and nowhere else. In those cases, an abstract private method may be the appropriate declaration to place in the trait to ensure the helper method is defined in the using class. Abstract private methods however remain useless except within traits, so within traits is the only place they need to be permitted. And as an aside, the word "behaviors" is misspelled on that page. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63837&edit=1