__init magic method

Has there ever been any discussion on an __init magic method for bootstraping static properties on class load? The usual solution I come up with is manually calling an init method post class definition, which works, though I'd call it slighly less than elegant: class Foo { static $bar; static function init () { // Create $bar with expressions... self::$bar = $bar; } } Foo:init(); A custom autoloader could of course anticipate this but with systems like composer that have a shared autoload, it'd be nicer to use those than rely on a custom loader. -- Pete Boere Web Developer