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

On 31.05.2016 at 18:55, Fleshgrinder wrote: > On 5/31/2016 6:39 PM, Dmitry Stogov wrote: >> >> $this is still confirm to variable syntax. It's just a special variable. >> I think, we should keep lexical rules unchanged. > > TL;DR $this does conform to syntax but not to basic PHP userland rules > for variable naming (what the manual page is about). I agree with Dmitry here. While the page is about variables, the paragraph is about variable names, and it is already noted there that: | $this is a special variable that can't be assigned In other sections of the manual, $this is described as pseudo-variable. However, it is still a variable, even though it can't be assigned to – I think of it as read-only (final) variable. Hence, it shouldn't be excluded from the valid variable names. -- Christoph M. Becker