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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: Traits for PHP
From: evert@rooftopsolutions.nl (Evert | Rooftop)

Stefan Marr wrote:
> Hi Stanislav,
>
>   
>>> traits the included trait is using). Ok this is the scope. Now we
>>> would need to adjust all those method bodies, find all method calls on
>>> $this->oldMethodName() and change them to $this->newMethodName().
>>>       
>> You can't - PHP has dynamic method resolution (think $this->$foo()).
>> Also, it has callbacks - what happens if method is registered as
>> callback is renamed?
>>     
> thanks, this is very good reason not to allow renaming, but aliasing.
> :)
>   

Aliasing doesn't make a lot of sense, as you can always :

function newMethod() {

   return $this->oldMethod();

}

just seems like unneeded complexity, without a clear benefit..