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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Suggested change: change priority of new and ->
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins)

On 8 February 2018 18:38:36 GMT+00:00, Mcmuffin Mcguffin <mcmuffinmcguffin@=
gmail=2Ecom> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>It's a common idiom in object-oriented languages to create an object
>and
>then immediately call a method on it, such as (in C# or Java):
>
>new DateTime ()=2EToString ()
>
>However, PHP grammar does not work this way=2E

This would definitely be nice to have, and thanks for looking into what th=
e necessary change would look like=2E

I think the next challenge is to work out the different ways a dynamic cla=
ss construction could happen, and which ones:
a) will be unaffected by the change
b) are an error now and will be allowed after
c) are allowed now and will be an error after
d) will work in both versions but change behaviour

It's anything that falls into category (d) that is particularly problemati=
c, as it means users will see odd bugs of they don't know about the change=
=2E The clearer we can make these examples, the better=2E

Contrary to other responses, I think this would definitely need to happen =
in a major version, as it is quite clearly a breaking change=2E There's not=
 much that can be done to deprecate code relying on the current rules, but =
we can publicise how to make code that is compatible before and after=2E

Regards,

--=20
Rowan Collins
[IMSoP]