Req #38569 [Opn]: override keyword requested
Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=38569&edit=1
ID: 38569
Updated by: cmb@php.net
Reported by: psykora at gmail dot com
Summary: override keyword requested
Status: Open
Type: Feature/Change Request
-Package: Feature/Change Request
+Package: *General Issues
Operating System: Irrelevant
PHP Version: 5.1.5
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
> This is a valid feature request.
Albeit one that requires an RFC, see
<https://wiki.php.net/rfc/howto>.
Previous Comments:
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[2012-10-26 16:12:07] dagguh at gmail dot com
This is a valid feature request.
If this change is implemented, the override keyword SHOULD be mandatory for
overridden methods, but this way backwards compatibility would be broken.
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[2007-12-12 19:52:41] michael at dmgx dot com
Agreed. Currently I use a comment to place the word there just to help myself out visually. I.E.
public /*override*/ function foo () {}
Override shouldn't be required per se - but if used it should throw an error when the parent
method doesn't exist.
BTW, this has been added to Actionscript 3 which is where I first saw it. Adobe mentions having the
keyword helps out their compiler - so maybe the Zend Engine could make use of the keyword as well.
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[2006-08-23 15:24:19] psykora at gmail dot com
Description:
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The override keyword (f.e. like C#.NET has) could be usefull for specifing to compiler, that current
method is overriding parent's class method.
Compiler then should throw Fatal Error when there is no parent's method for override.
This could resolve common mistakes when developer changes (or removes) abstract method from
parent's class.
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