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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Methods which auto-return the class instance
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Tommins)

On 23 December 2022 13:29:07 GMT, Claude Pache <claude=2Epache@gmail=2Ecom>=
 wrote:
>> Yes but declaring `self` is more strict than `object`=2E=20
>> And talking about the word itself=2E=2E=2E Declaring to return (your-)`=
self` but you could return someone-else of the same type as you=2E=20
>> But it is ok, it refers to the class name not the instance=2E just sema=
ntic=2E
>>=20
>
>
>It is not about being less or more restricted, it is about being plainly =
ambiguous=2E


Another big advantage of "return $this" is that it can't affect any existi=
ng code=2E Granted, a function marked :self or :static which currently fail=
s to return would be a runtime error, but changing that error into an impli=
cit return $this could be very dangerous=2E

Regards,

--=20
Rowan Tommins
[IMSoP]