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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] __constructor parameter limitations.
From: glopes@nebm.ist.utl.pt ("Gustavo Lopes")

Em Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:01:32 +0100, Etienne Kneuss <colder@php.net>  
escreveu:

> Sure, but you mix two things here, references would have to be handled
> specifically, and we would not allow to specify less args by ref.
>
> There is simply no reason for disallowing this with nornal args though.
> Imagine the following code:
>
> interface Foo { public function plop ($a,$b,$c,$d) }
>
> class A implements Foo {
>    public function plop() {
>       $args = func_get_args();
>       // ...
>    }
> }
>
> This is perfectly valid PHP code, there is no valid usage of Foo that  
> will not work with A... So to me this restriction seems really arbitrary.
> And I don;t believe missing an argument in the declaration of a method,
> using it in the body of the method and not realising it is so much of a
> common error that it would warrant this.
>

Arbitrary as it may be, it's nevertheless reasonably arbitrated given how  
little useful it is to just ignore arguments and how likely it is to a  
mistake.

And I don't buy the func_get_args() argument. Why would anyone use  
func_get_args for anything other than variadic functions?... I certainly  
don't.

-- 
Gustavo Lopes