Re: Primary Constructors

On Mon, Jun 22, 2026, at 1:40 PM, Tim Düsterhus wrote: > Hi > > Am 2026-06-22 17:15, schrieb Larry Garfield: >> I don't think we should include the "secondary constructor calls >> primary constructor and you have to make sure it works" logic. > > PHP doesn't (and cannot easily) support method overloading, thus there > cannot be such a thing as “primary and secondary” constructor. It is > unclear to me what you are getting at here. That we shouldn't do that part. :-) I was showing what Kotlin does, and calling out the parts we should and should not consider stealing. >> However, I do think we can/should consider an init block. > > At the point where extra logic is required maybe just write a plain old > regular __construct() method instead of inventing yet another > “method-like” construct. > > Best regards > Tim Düsterhus Allowing a __construct() method with no arguments when a "primary constructor" is in use would be fine with me, if that's the way we decide to go. --Larry Garfield