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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RfC: rethink OO inheritance strictness
From: lsmith@php.net (Lukas Smith)

Richard Quadling wrote:
> I agree with this point. The sub class is a valid entity in its own
> right. The methods (and the parameters) it has are part of that class.
> If they overwrite a parent class's method, then fine.  Instance of
> either class would have different parameters for the same named
> method.

Its not about being "right". Acedemically Marcus changes are correct. 
The question is just if we want to force this way of working onto PHP, 
or if it makes more sense to make it optional.

regards,
Lukas