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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Closures as methods (and Closure::bind)
From: glopes@nebm.ist.utl.pt ("Gustavo Lopes")

On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:37:01 +0100, Johannes Schl=C3=BCter  =

<johannes@schlueters.de> wrote:

> On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 15:29 +0100, Gustavo Lopes wrote:
>>
>> >       * What about allowing properties with function names as
>> strings or
>> >         array($obj_or_class, 'method'), won't that be needed for
>> being
>> >         consistent with local variables?
>>
>> Well, you cannot do "$a =3D 'phpinfo'; $a();" as well, so it's
>> consistent with that. I think what you refer to would only make sense=

>> if that were allowed.
>
> You can. This is valid.
>

OK, I know where I got this idea. "$a =3D 'phpinfo'; $a();" is actually =
the  =

only valid case. array callbacks or 'Foo::bar' are forbidden.

In order to be called as instance methods, the closure properties needs =
to  =

have a bound instance -- preferably -- very preferably -- the instance  =

where the closure is stored. In this case, it doesn't make sense to allo=
w  =

'function' to be called, because then we wouldn't have anything with whi=
ch  =

to fill the $this pointer.

I guess it could make some sense for static calls, though.

-- =

Gustavo Lopes