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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] late static binding php6
From: colder@php.net ("Etienne Kneuss")

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Hi,

On Nov 25, 2007 11:45 PM, Jeff Moore <jeff@procata.com> wrote:

>
> Hi,
>
> May I suggest renaming get_called_class() to get_static_class() to
> correspond with the use of the static:: keyword for late binding.


It was already kind of discussed, and get_called_class makes more sense IMO.
"static class" is not self-descriptive. The class returned is the class that
was initially
referenced for the call, as in the class "called" initially.


> parent:: and get_parent_class() [no parameters] should also correspond
> when used in a static method context.


They do, parent::foo(); should be the same as $class = get_parent_class();
$class::foo();

Of course, we can't make parent:: reference the parent class of the called
one, as it would break BC.

As in:
class A { }
class B extends A { public static function test() { echo get_class(new
parent), '-', get_parent_class(); } }
class C extends B { }
C::test(); // A-A and not B-B


>
>
> My preference is that parent:: be late binding.  I would also like to
> see an early bound __parent__ constant along the lines of __class__.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Jeff
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