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Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:59:11 +0100
To: "Rowan Tommins [IMSoP]" <imsop.php@rwec.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Partial Function Application for instance of
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From: tim@bastelstu.be (=?UTF-8?Q?Tim_D=C3=BCsterhus?=)

Hi

Am 2026-01-22 17:26, schrieb Rowan Tommins [IMSoP]:
> The PHP equivalent would be something like this:
> 
> $f = (DateTimeImmutable)?->format('c');

See my reply to Mathieu on why this specific one wouldn't work.

> Or, slightly more readable but less consistent with casts:
> 
> $f = (? as DateTimeImmutable)->format('c');

That would work, but indeed would not solve the reordering case. I also 
feel it is inventing more new syntax than the current 
“scope-resolution-operator” syntax the RFC uses (which is not just used 
for static method calls).

Best regards
Tim Düsterhus