Re: $obj->attr::method() is not allowed

On 03/09/12 15:51, Ivan Enderlin @ Hoa wrote:

I would like to know why? Is it a compiler related issue or just an omission? Would it be interesting to fix it? There are plenty of examples of this. One from my code:

Can't do this:

    self::$views[$path]();

But I *can* do this:

    $x = self::$views[$path]; $x();

This is because PHP has a very unusual (and IMO bad) system of type-checking at parse-time, by only allowing some specific (although quite varied) types of variable access, and combinations of these. If nikic's idea to rewrite the parser to use an AST is done, I imagine this could be fixed. We could also add extra rules, but I think fixing the general issue is more important, since it's like plugging two holes in a barrel full of water that's just had a machine gun fired at it. -- Andrew Faulds http://ajf.me/