Re: [RFC] Remove PHP 4 Constructors

hi, On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 12:11 AM, Levi Morrison <levim@php.net> wrote: > Dear Internals, > > 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. Not much to say about it as it is a taste/yes/no thing. Let wait the required period and move to vote, I do not see much needs to argue in a circular way forever :) Cheers, -- Pierre @pierrejoye | http://www.libgd.org