note 123338 added to functions.arguments

There is a possibility to use parent keyword as type hint which is not mentioned in the documentation. Following code snippet will be executed w/o errors on PHP version 7. In this example, parent keyword is referencing on ParentClass instead of ClassTrait. <?php namespace TestTypeHints; class ParentClass { public function someMethod() { echo 'Some method called' . \PHP_EOL; } } trait ClassTrait { private $original; public function __construct(parent $original) { $this->original = $original; } protected function getOriginal(): parent { return $this->original; } } class Implementation extends ParentClass { use ClassTrait; public function callSomeMethod() { $this->getOriginal()->someMethod(); } } $obj = new Implementation(new ParentClass()); $obj->callSomeMethod(); ?> Outputs: Some method called ---- Server IP: 208.43.231.9 Probable Submitter: 91.221.62.80 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/functions.arguments.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/123338 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123338/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123338/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123338/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123338/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123338/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123338/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/123338 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/123338 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php