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Subject: Late FQCN resolution using ::class
From: ibmurai@me.com (Jens Riisom Schultz)

Hi everybody,

I have read up on this, and done some testing.

First up, my findings with PHP5.5 alpha5:

<?php
namespace spacy;

class classy {
        public static function fqcn() {
                /* This works but is not useful enough: */
                //return self::class;

                $me =3D 'classy';

                /* This just doesn't work, but I wish it did: */
                //return $me::class;

                /* This simply does not work as expected: */
                return eval("return $me::class;");
                /* Output: "classy" - Expected output: "spacy\classy" */
        }
}
?>

I'm trying to late resolve a class name contained in a variable to the =
FQCN. I understand that this is hard (maybe even impossible) with the =
current implementation, because class name resolution happens compile =
time, but eval("return $me::class;") simply returns something that is =
weird.

I guess what I'm trying to ask is whether it would be impossible to =
support late FQCN resolution in any way? It would be very useful for =
frameworks to be able to do this.

- Jens Riisom Schultz=