RE: [PHP-DEV] Fix inconsistencies in OO calls

On Wed, 1 Aug 2007, Andi Gutmans wrote: > This is not really a fix. When we worked on PHP 5 we deliberately > decided to relax on all the weird dynamic constructs which didn't > provide a lot of value for the majority of use-cases. Of course the > Reflection API was going to be the way to do these dynamic things in > future. It would also simplify the engine's code. The reason why those > first constructs work were for BC reasons. We didn't want to break > existing code but wanted to not add on top of this. > > While it may feel inconsistent I still prefer the existing path. Maybe > for PHP 6 we can even make an E_STRICT message for the old way which > refers you to the Reflection API? I think that'd be a bad idea. I don't see a problem with this patch at all, and why should people use reflection here? As you're always so much for BC, I find it strange that you're suggesting to remove something totally harmless and instead want people to force to use the slow Reflection API which is meant for introspection... Derick -- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl | http://ez.no | http://xdebug.org