Re: new foo()->bar() syntax error : "new" associativity

Hi Yasuo, Yasuo Ohgaki wrote:

https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70549 It seems this is better to be fixed in near future. Let "new" be associative? Currently, it's syntax error. Was there discussion for this with https://wiki.php.net/rfc/uniform_variable_syntax ?

I think that we should keep new working the way it does. While some other languages do make new Foo->bar be (new Foo)->bar, I don't think that's very intuitive. The whitespace between new and the class name has made me always read it as new (Foo->bar) instead. Continuing to require brackets here will mean people don't misinterpret it. Also, as Nikita noted, there might be compatibility issues. Thanks. -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/