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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Short class syntax and inner classes
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From: rob@bottled.codes ("Rob Landers")

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On Fri, Feb 7, 2025, at 16:05, Tim D=C3=BCsterhus wrote:
> Hi
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> Am 2025-02-07 15:23, schrieb Rob Landers:
> > Instantiation is done by static access: new Outer::Inner(1), which i=
s=20
> > currently a syntax error.
>=20
> How would I access static members on an inner class without having=20
> ambiguity? `Outer::Inner::Const` already is valid syntax.

I can actually answer this one. The name of an inner class must not conf=
lict with either a const or a method in the outer class because this is =
also currently valid syntax `new (Outer::Inner::Const)` where it resolve=
s to a string of an existing class or `new (Outer::Inner::Method())` whe=
re it returns a string to an existing class.

=E2=80=94 Rob
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<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type=3D"text/css">p.Mso=
Normal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div>On Fri, Feb 7, =
2025, at 16:05, Tim D=C3=BCsterhus wrote:<br></div><blockquote type=3D"c=
ite" id=3D"qt" style=3D""><div>Hi<br></div><div><br></div><div>Am 2025-0=
2-07 15:23, schrieb Rob Landers:<br></div><div>&gt; Instantiation is don=
e by static access: new Outer::Inner(1), which is&nbsp;<br></div><div>&g=
t; currently a syntax error.<br></div><div><br></div><div>How would I ac=
cess static members on an inner class without having&nbsp;<br></div><div=
>ambiguity? `Outer::Inner::Const` already is valid syntax.<br></div></bl=
ockquote><div><br></div><div>I can actually answer this one. The name of=
 an inner class must not conflict with either a const or a method in the=
 outer class because this is also currently valid syntax `new (Outer::In=
ner::Const)` where it resolves to a string of an existing class or `new =
(Outer::Inner::Method())` where it returns a string to an existing class=
.<br></div><div><br></div><div id=3D"sig121229152">=E2=80=94 Rob<br></di=
v></body></html>
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