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Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 15:11:49 -0600
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To: Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Static return type
From: ben@benramsey.com (Ben Ramsey)

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> On Jan 8, 2020, at 05:42, Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> Hi internals,
>=20
> I would like to propose the following RFC, which allows using "static" =
as a
> return type:
>=20
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/static_return_type
>=20
> While I'm personally not a fan of late static binding, we do support =
it and
> people do use it quite heavily, so I think we should also support it =
in
> return types.
>=20
> Regards,
> Nikita


Yes, please!

> For the fluent method example above, many projects will use a @return =
$this
> annotation, rather than @return static.

In my own code, I usually use `self` to mean =E2=80=9Creturn the same =
instance.=E2=80=9D While I know that, in practice, the use of `self` is =
identical to using the class name as the return type, it seems natural =
to designate as practice (among my team) that `self` always means itself =
and should never refer to an instance with different identity.

-Ben

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