Re: Using extract() with $this

On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 11:16 PM Craig Duncan <php@duncanc.co.uk> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I've just opened a pull request for some changes to *extract()* handling of > *$this* > https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/4133 > > I had a look through the original RFC discussion, and it looks like > extract() was brought up and then quickly handled, but it seems like the > handling was a bit over the top. > https://externals.io/message/93457 > > As reported in the below bug, extract() throws an exception when the > documentation suggests that it should be able to handle the scenario > (either by ignoring the request to overwrite *$this* or by creating a > prefixed version of it). > https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77135 > > The only one I'm unsure of is the *IF_EXISTS* flags, as *$this* isn't in > the symbol table it's ignored even though technical *$this* does exist. But > as this is the current behaviour and doesn't cause an issue I thought for > BC it would be best to leave this behaviour alone. > > Does anybody disagree with this change? Does it need an RFC? > These changes sound reasonable to me. I don't think it needs an RFC -- this is more of a bug fix. Nikita