Re: Re: New Feature: Fully qualified class name resolution as scalar with class keyword

On 2012-04-17, Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@sugarcrm.com> wrote: > > May I suggest using foo::__CLASS__ instead of foo::class ? It's longer, but > > closer to what already exists for this semantic (class name as string), > > don't you think ? > > I like this. __CLASS__ is already being used as class name, and little > chance of colliding with some code since you're not supposed to be using > __ prefix in your names. "class" won't collide anyways, as it's already a keyword, and you can't use it in your constant or function names. __CLASS__ has bad connotations for me, as it resolves to the declaring class normally, not the class invoked. -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney Project Lead | matthew@zend.com Zend Framework | http://framework.zend.com/ PGP key: http://framework.zend.com/zf-matthew-pgp-key.asc