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Subject: Object instantiation
From: sam@sambarrow.com (Sam Barrow)

I had a question about object instantiation.

You can do this:

function createObject() {
	return new myObject;
}
$result = createObject() -> myMethod();

But you can't do this:

$result = new myObject -> myMethod();

Is there a technical reaosn as to why this can't be done? If not can
this be changed?