[php-src] Issue #10224: New static magic methods akin to __callStatic and inactive RFC question

Issue: https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/10224 Author: aetonsi ### Description Hello this post is about RFCs and, in particular, the possibility of implementing the a few new static magic methods: __constructStatic, __getStatic and __setStatic. The names are pretty self explanatory if you know what does __callStatic do, and/or if you know how they work in other languages that have them (especially the static constructor, see [Static Constructors (C# Programming Guide)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/classes-and-structs/static-constructors), or even this post [Static Constructors **in PHP**](https://liamhammett.com/static-constructors-in-php-y0zPVbQl)). There are already some php implementations relying on composer: https://github.com/vladimmi/construct-static or https://github.com/NxtLvLSoftware/php-static-constructors. This concept has already been "officially" [discussed in the past](https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62860) and the last message by mr Becker states that an RFC is required. I've looked around and the only _kinda_ related RFC i've found is this: [PHP RFC: Static Class Constructor](https://wiki.php.net/rfc/static_class_constructor). It proposed the change for php 7.x, it is now "inactive", and the proposal was limited to the constructor (which was not called __constructStatic). So my questions are: - First of all, what do you think about this concept? I personally think that it just makes sense, even simply due to the fact that __callStatic exists. It's wouldn't even be an impacting feature. The big question to me would be how many users need it, as for any feature... - How do you go about all of this and that RFC? Since the RFC is inactive and targeted an surpassed php version, what can you do? Is it still possible to propose changes? - Since the RFC doesn't cover all of these related proposed methods, is a new RFC necessary? Thank you for your time --- Have a nice day