Doc #78464 [NEW]: Abstract may not or cannot be instantiated?

From: weis at jelly dot cz Operating system: --- PHP version: Irrelevant Package: PHP Language Specification Bug Type: Documentation Problem Bug description:Abstract may not or cannot be instantiated? Description: ------------ --- From manual page: https://php.net/language.oop5.abstract --- I suggest replace "may not" with "cannot" to make definition more accurate in sentence "Classes defined as abstract may not be instantiated, and any class that contains at least one abstract method must also be abstract.". PHP error message is also unambiguous: Error: Cannot instantiate abstract class MyAbstractClass in C:\path\to\file\index.php on line XYZ Test script: --------------- <?php abstract class MyAbstractClass { public function test() { echo 'test'; } } $a = new MyAbstractClass(); -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78464&edit=1 -- Fix committed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78464&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78464&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78464&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78464&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78464&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78464&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78464&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78464&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78464&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78464&r=globals PHP version support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78464&r=phptooold Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78464&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78464&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78464&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78464&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78464&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=78464&r=mysqlcfg