__construct is like a normal method but without E_STRICT

Heya I would like to have some opinions on the topic inconsistency between methods and __construct See the following code: class A { function __construct($a) {} function foo($a) {} } class B extends A { function __construct($a, $b) {} function foo($a, $b) {} } If you work in strict mode, then you will see the error message Strict Standards: Declaration of B::foo() should be compatible with A::foo($a) I perfectly understand that the strict standard cannot be applied to the __construct and I would not suggest to change that. But I think it is somewhat strange that I am able to call __construct as it was a normal method from everywhere. Am I the only one thinking this, is there actually someone who is using __construct as re-initialising method? Cheers, Robert