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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Final anonymous classes
From: tim@bastelstu.be (=?UTF-8?Q?Tim_D=C3=BCsterhus?=)

Hi

On 10/17/23 19:06, Daniil Gentili wrote:
> Personally, I would have instead preferred the much cleaner approach of
> making *all* anonymous classes final by default, (preferrably) without
> offering the option to make them non-final.
> 
> However, I understand that this might be a little bit too restrictive
> for something that may have some valid usecases, even if extending
> anonymous classes currently requires some hack-ish workarounds with
> class_alias.
> 

Perhaps make it two votes, each requiring a 2/3 majority?

1. Allow the 'final' keyword on anonymous classes?
2. Enforce that all anonymous classes are final?

Best regards
Tim Düsterhus