Req #72775 [NEW]: C++ Style Method Overloading

From: fgheorghe at grosan dot co dot uk Operating system: PHP version: Next Major Version Package: PHP Language Specification Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:C++ Style Method Overloading Description: ------------ PHP made great progress by adding function return and parameter types. It would be great to push it to a new level and allow for C++ style method overloading, to enable different types of constructors, and function signatures. Use cases: Construct a class by a numeric id: __construct(int $id) Construct a class by a given string identifier: __construct(string $name) -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72775&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=mysqlcfg