Re: Re: [RFC] Callable constructors

Hi Adam, Adam Harvey wrote:

On 25 February 2016 at 09:40, Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me> wrote:

Instead of changing __construct to implicitly create the object it acts on in certain contexts, I would suggest a simpler approach: add a magic ::new() static method that exists on all classes (think ::class, although that is a constant). Foo::new() would work identically to new Foo(), and would solve your use case. It would be more intuitive, I think, and it avoids the problems of changing __construct.

(Un?)fortunately, new() is a valid method name for userland classes in PHP 7.0.

It is indeed, but that means the risk of backwards compatibility breakage is quite low. PHP 7 hasn't been out for long. Thanks! -- Andrea Faulds https://ajf.me/