Initializer List

Hi All! As stated in the Wiki RFC HowTo section I'm here to measure the reaction about my proposal. I would like to propose an RFC and then implement initializer list for constructors in PHP. Being a C++ developer I find this feature very useful and these are my considerations: - This will provide a very convenient way to avoid things like public function __construct($name, $surname, $age) { $this->name = $name; $this->surname = $surname; $this->age = $age; } in favor of: public function __construct($name, $surname, $age) : name(name), surname(surname), age(age) {}; - Another possible use of this could be: public function __construct() : host("127.0.0.1") {}; - It should not introduce BC (please correct me if I'm wrong) - In C++ using initializer list is used over assignment also for performance reasons but right now I can't say if this can be achieved in PHP or not. Initializer lists in C++: http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/initializer_list What do you think? Thank you Lorenzo Fontana