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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Static class
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From: bilge@scriptfusion.com (Bilge)

Hi Tim,
On 27/06/2024 19:24, Tim Düsterhus wrote:
> On 6/25/24 05:17, Stephen Reay wrote:
>> and I'd rather have the feature with slightly odd syntax rather than 
>> not at all.
>
> Absolutely not. PHP is already odd enough as it is. We should not add 
> additional oddness in the interest of pushing a new screw-shaped 
> feature in with a sledgehammer. Any additional oddity makes it harder 
> for Junior developers and developers coming from a different language 
> to learn PHP and also required the developer to learn the language 
> details by heart instead of being able to rely on their intuition.
Don't worry, I couldn't bring myself to seriously entertain using an 
attribute instead of a keyword. I'll update the RFC to include it as a 
rejected feature.
> I'm already leaning towards "Don't want static classes"

Why? It is important to understand what your misgiving are in case there 
anything we can do to assuage them.

Cheers,
Bilge