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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:34:22 +1200
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To: Lars Strojny <lars@strojny.net>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] ::class feature to resolve namespaced class names to scalars
From: simon@simon.geek.nz (Simon J Welsh)

On 13/09/2012, at 8:28 PM, Lars Strojny <lars@strojny.net> wrote:

> Hi Dmitry,
>=20
> Am 13.09.2012 um 10:17 schrieb Dmitry Stogov <dmitry@zend.com>:
> [...]
>> I think the syntax is wired.
>> Instead of classname::class I would prefer something like =
class(classname).
>=20
> Wouldn=92t this look too much like a function with all the =
implications that might cause like users expecting class($variable) to =
work or even class(otherfunc())?
>=20
> cu,
> Lars

I would expect $variable::class to work (like late static bindings). =
However, I do agree that class(ClassName) just looks off and makes it =
look like you can pass class names to functions.
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