Req #70919 [Sus]: class declarations may not be nested - why not!?
Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70919&edit=1
ID: 70919
Updated by: krakjoe@php.net
Reported by: teo8976 at gmail dot com
Summary: class declarations may not be nested - why not!?
Status: Suspended
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: Class/Object related
PHP Version: 7.0.0RC7
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
This is well defined, expected behaviour; There is no issue, or bug.
What you are requesting is a change to the language, and as mentioned, these kinds of changes must
go through the RFC process.
Please see: https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#feature-requests
Previous Comments:
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[2016-03-27 09:39:00] teo8976 at gmail dot com
Oh, I see.
Anyway, if you need an RFC, this issue should stay open until somebody writes one. Writing an RFC is
part of fixing the issue (or the feature request if you prefer to call it that way).
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[2016-03-27 06:32:20] requinix@php.net
> You may have missed this:
HHVM is not PHP. They are separate entities.
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[2016-03-26 22:05:22] teo8976 at gmail dot com
> For this kind of change, an RFC is required.
You may have missed this:
> Note: this does work in hhvm. The fix should be backported to all supported versions.
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[2016-03-26 21:47:43] krakjoe@php.net
For this kind of change, an RFC is required.
Please see: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/howto
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[2015-11-16 22:28:29] teo8976 at gmail dot com
> There's no reason for that Sorter class to
> be declared within the function, can be declared outside of it like
> a normal class.
1) My code example is stupid, but there are PLENTY of reasons why you may want to declare it inside
a function. Of course you can declare it outside, but IT'S NOT THE SAME THING: if it is
declared inside the function, the class only exists if and after the function is executed.
2) That possibility has existed since PHP 5.0
3) If you can do it in a "global" function, there's no reason you shouldn't be
able to do it in a class method.
3) Note that in hhvm, rather than removing the ability to do it in a function, they have added the
ability to do it in a method. That is, they have fixed the bug already. I don't see a reason
why the fix shouldn't be backported to non-dead PHP versions.
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