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Date: Sun, 19 May 2024 13:22:52 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [Discussion] Why can't I do "{$a::class}"?
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From: tovilo.ilija@gmail.com (Ilija Tovilo)

On Sun, May 19, 2024 at 1:15=E2=80=AFPM Ilija Tovilo <tovilo.ilija@gmail.co=
m> wrote:
>
> Hi Peter
>
> On Sun, May 19, 2024 at 10:30=E2=80=AFAM Peter Stalman <sarkedev@gmail.co=
m> wrote:
> >
> > echo " {A::$static_property} \n"; // doesn't work (unless $static_prope=
rty is a variable)
> > echo " {$a::$static_property} \n"; // works
> >
> > echo " {A::static_method()} \n"; // doesn't work (just text)
> > echo " {$a::static_method()} \n"; // works
> >
> > echo " {A::constant} \n"; // doesn't work
> > echo " {$a::constant} \n"; // doesn't work either, but why?
>
> There were also suggestions to extend strings in a more generic way,
> akin to JavaScripts template strings [3], but I didn't have any use
> for this myself.
>
> [3] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Tem=
plate_literals

What I actually wanted to reference were "tagged templates":

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Template_=
literals#tagged_templates

Sorry for the confusion.

Ilija