Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=28261&edit=1
ID: 28261
Updated by: danack@php.net
Reported by: Philippe dot Jausions at 11abacus dot com
Summary: Lifting reserved keyword restriction for method
names
-Status: Open
+Status: Closed
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: Scripting Engine problem
Operating System: *
PHP Version: *
-Assigned To:
+Assigned To: danack
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
This was mostly fixed for PHP 7: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/context_sensitive_lexer
class a {
function eval() {
// Do something...
}
}
echo "fin.";
For any other reserved words, a new RFC will need to be made.
Previous Comments:
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[2015-01-08 22:56:21] ajf@php.net
There was an RFC for this that was rejected. Might be more possible now, especially with the AST.
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[2014-02-03 16:59:15] chris dot baker dot gr at gmail dot com
10 years on from the original feature request, 7 years on from a workable patch, and I still
can't make a class with a method named "list". I hate to be snarky, but come on guys.
With other feature requests favored by spaghetti CMS author groups landing on a fast track, can we
get this core OOP concept fixed for the rest of us?
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[2013-08-18 04:41:13] swivelgames at gmail dot com
Absolutely agree. I've run into many instances where this would have been useful.
Seems almost trivial why this is even needed as a feature request, honestly.
Really hope this bug gets fixed soon :) Thanks for taking care of this guys!
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[2013-08-12 09:48:08] general-purpose at yandex dot ru
Given that keyword named methods are working just fine already, there are now reason to forbid
declaring them this way. +1 for fixing this.
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[2012-11-30 12:26:23] florinpatan at gmail dot com
There are some libraries out there like AMQP/Gearman who have reserved keywords as method names and
while they work just fine, it's impossible to extend them and overwrite those methods as the
parser would just fail.
While this is a known issue, with more and more PHP keywords being added and with PHP 5 promoting
itself as being a OOP seasoned language, I see no reason for methods in class names to be so
restricted.
Thank you!
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