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Subject: Using grand-parent constructor
From: evert@rooftopsolutions.nl (Evert | Rooftop)

Hi List,

Sorry if this is the wrong list for this kind of stuff.. I'd be happy to 
re-post this to the users mailing list.

With the recent updates that will raise E_STRICT on static calls that 
are non static, how do we properly do the following..

I have a class named 'GrandParent' a class named 'Parent' and a class 
named 'Child'

GrandParent has a constructor, Parent overrides it and Child does too.. 
What if I want to call GrandParent's constructor from the child?

Most languages allow this through casting the class into the ancestor 
and call then call the method, but I can't do this with PHP, or can I ? 
The other solution (right now) would be GrandParent::__construct(), but 
this is not OOP anymore.. So it seems kind of weird that we get limited 
in functionality, for OOP-ness, but not adding the functionality to 
solve common design problems that we're raised by introducing this..

Will we get casting in the future?

Evert