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Date: Mon, 10 May 2021 10:29:21 +0200
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Subject: [RFC][Draft] Body-less __construct
From: mrtreinis@gmail.com (=?UTF-8?b?TWF0xKtzcw==?= Treinis)

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Hi everyone,

Since constructor property promotion is now implemented, and it looks=20
like it could become a widely used feature, I am proposing a small,=20
cosmetic change in syntax for constructors in concrete classes to do=20
away with empty constructor body.

Here's an example of how this would work:

<?php
namespace App;

class Foo {
    public function __construct(
        private Bar $bar,
        private Baz $baz
    );
}

Some notes to this:

- Since this is similar to already existing syntax for body-less=20
methods, parser should not be affected that much. I hope. I really have=20
no idea.
- Syntax would be optional - meaning, you can as well continue using=20
empty body, just that in this case the body would be implied empty.

Thoughts?
Regards,
- Mat=EFss

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