[php-src] Issue #8421: Attributes that target functions are not valid for anonymous functions defined within a method

Issue: https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/8421 Comment Author: ollieread > A closure is not a procedural function, a closure is actually a object of the > \Closure class with the method body being the code executed inside > the __invoke() magic method for which the closure syntax is sugar > for really. > > I doubt closures will be supported by attributes anytime soon as it will require copying > attributes to the object and you would then only be able to fetch it via > ReflectionObject as there isn't really another reliable way to > accomplish this. But closures do support attributes. The type of target they require depends entirely on whether or not they have a scope, which feels like a definite bug.