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Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2021 09:16:18 -0400
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC Proposal] Allow methods to 'become' static
From: matthewmatthew@gmail.com (Matthew Brown)

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On Sun, 14 Mar 2021 at 18:09, Rowan Tommins <rowan.collins@gmail.com> wrote=
:

> Are you saying that having the parent::getSomeInt() call fail would be
> problematic?
>
>
 Yes, that's where this becomes unsound =E2=80=93 you can call the child me=
thod
statically, but the parent call assumes a dynamic instance.

This is just my perspective (as someone building a tool that helps prevent
people from shooting themselves in the foot), but PHP should not allow
_more_ unsound behaviour than it already does.

Best wishes,

Matt

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