Re: [RFC] [Discussion] new MyClass()->method() without parentheses

On Mon, Apr 8, 2024, at 6:08 AM, Valentin Udaltsov wrote: > Hello internals, > > > > I would like to propose a syntax change for PHP 8.4 that allows to > immediately access instantiated objects without wrapping the expression > into parentheses. > > > > This was requested and discussed several times, see: > > - https://externals.io/message/66197 > > - https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70549 > > - https://externals.io/message/101811 > > - https://externals.io/message/113953 > > > > Here's what you will be able to write after this change: > > ```php > > class MyClass > > { > > const CONSTANT = 'constant'; > > public static $staticProperty = 'staticProperty'; > > public static function staticMethod(): string { return 'staticMethod'; } > > public $property = 'property'; > > public function method(): string { return 'method'; } > > public function __invoke(): string { return '__invoke'; } > > } > > > > var_dump( > > new MyClass()::CONSTANT, // string(8) "constant" > > new MyClass()::$staticProperty, // string(14) "staticProperty" > > new MyClass()::staticMethod(), // string(12) "staticMethod" > > new MyClass()->property, // string(8) "property" > > new MyClass()->method(), // string(6) "method" > > new MyClass()(), // string(8) "__invoke" > > ); > > ``` > > > > For more details see the RFC: > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/new_without_parentheses > > Implementation: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/13029 I always thought there was some technical parser reason why this wasn't possible. Maybe that was true in 5.x but isn't anymore? I cannot speak to the implementation, but I'm all for the change itself. --Larry Garfield