Re: Generic classes and methods RFC
| From: | Levi Morrison | Date: | Fri, 11 Sep 2015 15:27:51 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Generic classes and methods RFC | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 | Groups: | php.internals |
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On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 5:12 PM, Ben Scholzen 'DASPRiD'
<mail@dasprids.de> wrote:
> Hi Dennis,
>
> thanks for your feedback, see my answers below:
>
>> 1. static methods:
>>
>> class Foo<T> {
>> public static function test() {
>> }
>> }
>>
>> how can I call the method:
>> a) Foo::test()
>> or
>> b) Foo<int>::test()
>>
>> in case b), would the generic methods not be a duplication?
>
>
> Case a) is correct here. A static method is not in the context of an
> instance, so it doesn't know about the class boxing by itself.
I think b would be correct. Can you explain this rationale a bit more?