Bug #77613 [NEW]: method visibility change

From: gstachniuk at gmail dot com Operating system: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS PHP version: Next Minor Version Package: PHP Language Specification Bug Type: Bug Bug description:method visibility change Description: ------------ in php version 7.4 I can not change methods visibility anymore. Test script: --------------- class CustomException extends \RuntimeException { private function __construct(string $msg) { return new self($msg); } } Expected result: ---------------- no error message ``` ::__construct() must be public (as in class Exception) in ``` -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77613&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77613&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77613&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77613&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77613&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77613&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77613&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77613&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77613&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77613&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77613&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77613&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77613&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77613&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77613&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77613&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77613&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77613&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77613&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77613&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=77613&r=mysqlcfg