Re: [VOTE] get_class() disallow null parameter

On 25.09.2016 at 11:29, Leigh wrote: > On Sun, 25 Sep 2016 at 06:29 Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Also this behavior is clearly documented: >> >> http://th1.php.net/manual/en/function.get-class.php >> >> "If object is omitted when inside a class, the name of that class is >> returned." >> >> I am opposed to break BC because we change our mind about how clean is this >> behavior and I recommend the (future) RMs to veto this change. > > This is ambiguous at best. > > "Omitted" and "Not omitted but set to null" are different things. However, the changelog entry for 5.3.0 states: | NULL became the default value for object, so passing NULL to object | now has the same result as not passing any value. And that's what I would expect when reading the function signature; after all, NULL is the default value of $object. -- Christoph M. Becker