Req #71271 [NEW]: Allow final abstract class {}

From: andreas at dqxtech dot net Operating system: PHP version: 7.0.2RC1 Package: Class/Object related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Allow final abstract class {} Description: ------------ It should be allowed to make a class both final and abstract, to make it a place for static methods. There is no good reason to not allow this. It is already possible to achieve the same or a similar effect with final + a private constructor. But this is unnecessarily verbose. Test script: --------------- <?php abstract final class C { static function foo() {} } Expected result: ---------------- should work just fine. Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Cannot use the final modifier on an abstract class -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71271&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71271&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71271&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71271&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71271&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71271&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71271&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71271&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71271&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71271&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71271&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71271&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71271&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71271&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71271&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71271&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71271&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71271&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71271&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71271&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71271&r=mysqlcfg