Re: Optional constructor body

On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 1:34 AM Oliver Nybroe <olivernybroe@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello internals. > > I am looking into making the constructor body optional in classes, > essentially allowing you to write > > ``` > class User { > public function __construct( > private string $name, > ) > } > ``` > > Currently to make this code valid, it would have to be written the > following way > > ``` > class User { > public function __construct( > public string $name, > ) {} > } > ``` > > With the introduction or constructor property promotion in 8.0, we often > see classes where the constructor has an empty body, and my guess would be > that this will only increase with the introduction of property access hooks > in 8.4 which is allowed to be defined in the constructor also. > > This change would only be a cosmetic change and simplify the userland code > by removing two redundant characters. > > > > This would be my first RFC and I am willing to try and implement it > myself. > > > Best regards > Oliver Nybroe (he/him) > FWIW, there is already a PR for it ( https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/8420) which also contains the RFC draft. Kind regards, Faizan