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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 14:32:43 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC][Vote announcement] Arbitrary static variable initializers
From: tovilo.ilija@gmail.com (Ilija Tovilo)

Hi Tim

> Isn't the destructor+exception example misleading? In that case the
> initial value of '$x' is constant, thus it should always be known to
> reflection, no?
>
> Should the example look like this:
>
> > function foo($y) {
> >     $x = new Foo();
> >     static $x = $y;
> > }
> >
> > try {
> >     foo(42);
> > } catch (Exception) {}
>
> ?

Yes, your example makes more sense. In my old example the value of the
static variable was already assigned so didn't prove the point it was
trying to make. I adjusted the example in the RFC.

Thanks!