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Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 13:18:51 -0800
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To: Kamil Tekiela <tekiela246@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Is there an RFC/discussion for ::class being a specific
 type?
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On Nov 16, 2021, at 10:56, Kamil Tekiela <tekiela246@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, but a popular usage is also with functions. For example, =
strlen::class.
> What should the compiler use in this case?

Popular in what context?

I'm not sure this usage is even correct. strlen::class isn't the name of =
the strlen function; it's the name of the class that you'd be =
instantiating with "new strlen()", which would be relative to the =
current namespace. If your code is running in the root namespace, this =
will happen to resolve to "strlen", but that doesn't mean it's returning =
a callable.=