Re: Remove variable function and method calls

You can call classname::$foo() and even $obj->$foo() with call_user_func(), should we get rid of those too? I grant you that variable function calls are sometimes confusing, lambda functions are a better way to do it perhaps, but just because something can be abused, doesn't mean it should be removed, unless it's impeding further innovation (a la namespaced old style constructors). - Davey On Jul 22, 2010, at 6:54 PM, Karoly Negyesi <karoly@negyesi.net> wrote: > Hi, > > Given that call_user_func exists I would recommend to remove $foo() > from PHP Next. > > Observe the "logic" in the following examples: > > $foo(); > new $foo(); > classname::$foo; > classname::$foo(); > > There is a word for this and that word is madness. > > The simplest is to nuke $foo(). call_user_func() is a perfect replacement. > > Regards > > Karoly Negyesi > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >