Req #35339 [Fbk->NoF]: COM "As" behaviour

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=35339&edit=1 ID: 35339 Updated by: php-bugs@lists.php.net Reported by: amir at foresthc dot com Summary: COM "As" behaviour -Status: Feedback +Status: No Feedback Type: Feature/Change Request Package: COM related Operating System: Windows PHP Version: Next Minor Version Assigned To: cmb Private report: N New Comment: No feedback was provided. The bug is being suspended because we assume that you are no longer experiencing the problem. If this is not the case and you are able to provide the information that was requested earlier, please do so and change the status of the bug back to "Re-Opened". Thank you. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2019-12-16 08:55:34] cmb@php.net Is this feature request still relevant? It seems to me that this pattern (having a factory using an out parameter instead of returning the instantiated object) is rather uncommon, and as such it might not be worthwhile to add support for it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2019-10-18 11:43:46] girgias@php.net Assigning to cmb as he's the new maintainer for COM ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-11-22 21:17:14] amir at foresthc dot com Description: ------------ In visual basic it is possible to declare a variable as a pointer to a certain type of object, but not instanciate it yet. I have run into a problem using a 3rd party COM library, where it is neccessary to pass such an empty pointer by ref to a method, in order to get an instance or another class. Reproduce code: --------------- // This code is not real, it's just to illustrate the problem: $factory = new COM('Example.Factory'); // Here we have several options, none of which work: $product = new VARIANT; $product = new COM('Example.Product'); variant_set_type($product, VT_EMPTY); // Whatever I have done in the previous lines, this method fails. If it gets an instance of an instance of an object - it fails. If it gets anything that is not of type Example.Product, it fails. $factory->Create_Product($product); Expected result: ---------------- Here is the "equivalent" VB code that works: Dim objFactory As Example.Factory Dim objProduct As Example.Product // Any of these would fail: Dim objProduct As New Example.Product Dim objProduct As Variant Sub Main() Set objFactory = new Example.Factory objFactory.Create_Product(objProduct) End Sub Actual result: -------------- The Create_Product method will fail if it does not recieve the equivalent of the line: "Dim objProduct As Example.Product". Which as far as I can understand, is not possible to supply it with at this point. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=35339&edit=1