Re: late static binding php6

Stanislav Malyshev wrote: >> parent::test(); > > What do you want parent::test() to mean? > >> This will echo 'A'. So like I said you have no way here of telling that >> B:: was used. > > Because it wasn't. parent::test() means A::test(). 'parent::' means > 'parent class of the class where this statement is' in PHP. For B, > it's A. Yes but B::test() was called to start the call chain and in this situation I want the B::test() method to decorate A::test() and it just isn't possible without allowing parent:: to forward the called class or introducing a new keyword. > >> Then there are two problems (sort of). First problem being, then why >> bother with lsb, you can do this already (which more so a 'wth' as > > If you can do it - do it. I (and many other people) don't feel the need to do things this way and it is slightly frustrating to see a patch implemented to allow us to 'sort of' do it cleanly but ultimately misses the mark. Especially when it is probably a relatively minor change to support what we are asking for. This is also a terrible argument to use against a new feature...but that's an entirely separate matter. > >> opposed to a problem.) The second and much more prevelent problem is >> that iirc you cannot do this kind of loose inheritance with statics in > > What is 'loose inheritance'? By loose inheritance I mean extending and overwriting a method while changing that method's parameter list. I apologize, I grabbed php6 and appear to have not remembered things quite right. I thought that you could not change the parameter list of inherited static methods which is not the case in php6. Although you WILL have a problem if you program to interfaces. If static public test() is declared in an interface that A implements then you won't be able to change the parameter list in B.