Re: [RFC] Remove PHP 4 Constructors

From: Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 08:45:32 +0000
Subject: Re: [RFC] Remove PHP 4 Constructors
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Le Wed Nov 19 2014 at 9:31:50 AM, Julien Pauli <jpauli@php.net> a écrit : > On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 5:15 AM, Yasuo Ohgaki <yohgaki@ohgaki.net> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 8:11 AM, Levi Morrison <levim@php.net> wrote: > > > >> I am proposing an RFC[1] to remove PHP 4 constructors in PHP 7. If > >> accepted, methods with the same name as their defining class will no > >> longer be recognized as constructors. As noted in the RFC, there are > >> already many situations where we do not recognize these methods as > >> constructors, such as in namespaces and traits and when `function > >> __construct` is also present. > >> > >> Andrea Faulds has kindly written a utility that identifies when a PHP > >> 4 constructor is defined[2]. It does not automatically change the code > >> for liability reasons. The utility PHPMD[3] can also detect this but > >> has a false positive when __construct is also defined. > >> > > > > No reason to keep old constructor for PHP7. IMHO. > > +1 for removing it PHP7, announce depreciation now. > > This is obviously a +1. > > Julien.Pauli > +1

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