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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] New Feature: Fully qualified class name resolution
 as scalar with class keyword
From: ralph@ralphschindler.com (Ralph Schindler)

Hi Nikita,

> A quick note on the patch: As the class name is compile-time
> resolvable it should in my eyes also be available as a
> `static_scalar`, so that it can be used in initialization lists:
>
>      public function doFoo($withClass = ABC::class) {
>          new $withClass; // or whatever
>      }
>
> To be available as both a `static_scalar` and a general `scalar` one
> should put the rule in the `common_scalar` section.
>
> What do you think?

I've added this to the patch and Zend/tests:

   * 
https://github.com/ralphschindler/php-src/compare/master...feature/class-name-scalar

I've also added an RFC page, any thoughts on improving the RFC?

   * https://wiki.php.net/rfc/class_name_scalars

-ralph