Doc #78448 [Opn->Csd]: The definition of the parameter newscope is not clear.

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78448&edit=1 ID: 78448 User updated by: dominic dot mayers at meditationstudies dot org Reported by: dominic dot mayers at meditationstudies dot org Summary: The definition of the parameter newscope is not clear. -Status: Open +Status: Closed Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem PHP Version: Irrelevant Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Since I don't see any way to edit the description and there is no activity on this bug and I am pretty sure it will take some time before it is looked at, I am closing it and opening a new one. The edit is that I meant the third sentence, not the second sentence. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2019-08-23 08:21:31] dominic dot mayers at meditationstudies dot org Description: ------------ --- From manual page: https://php.net/closure.bind --- Here is the description of the parameter newscope. newscope: The class scope to which associate the closure is to be associated, or 'static' to keep the current one. If an object is given, the type of the object will be used instead. This determines the visibility of protected and private methods of the bound object. It is not allowed to pass (an object of) an internal class as this parameter. First, though English is not my first language, the first sentence seems to be bugged. Second, the second sentence might be misinterpreted as describing the main purpose of the parameter. It's not, because the closure does not even need to be bound. You even give an example of this fact in the example $bcl1 = Closure::bind($cl1, null, 'A'); Here is another interesting example: $a = new A(); $bcl3 = Closure::bind(function () use($a) {return $a->ifoo;}, null, 'A'); The first sentence could simply say that it is the class scope of the new closure, I think. The second sentence could be "In particular, it affects whether the closure can access the protected and private methods of the bound object, if any." The "In particular" makes clear that it is not the main thing that it does. The "if any" makes clear that the bound object is not required. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78448&edit=1