Re: [RFC] Fix inconsistent behavior of $this variable

From:	Dmitry Stogov	Date:	Tue, 24 May 2016 07:18:28 +0000
Subject:	Re: [RFC] Fix inconsistent behavior of $this variable
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On 05/24/2016 08:45 AM, Jesse Schalken wrote:

I'm curious, what is it about $this that makes it special in the first place? Can't it be a normal local variable that happens to already be assigned at the start of a method?

In fact $this is not a regular local variable and it must not be re-assigned. Thank. Dmitry.

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 6:24 AM, Dmitry Stogov <dmitry@zend.com <mailto:dmitry@zend.com>> wrote:

    Hi internals,

    Please review the RFC.

    It proposes to fix all known inconsistencies related to handling
    of special $this variable.

    https://wiki.php.net/rfc/this_var

    Thanks. Dmitry.