note 54259 added to ref.pdo

Why PDO::__construct() is declared as final? I can't override the constructor when creating a custom class. This feature would be very handy. Are there any special reasons you made it final? ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.pdo.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+54259 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54259&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54259&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54259&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54259&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54259&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54259&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+54259&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php