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Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 19:40:25 +0200
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To: Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Closure::call and Function Referencing as Closures
From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

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Hi Andrea,

On Aug 5, 2014 6:40 PM, "Andrea Faulds" <ajf@ajf.me> wrote:
>
>
> On 5 Aug 2014, at 17:08, Marco Pivetta <ocramius@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > On 5 August 2014 18:01, Ralph Schindler <ralph@ralphschindler.com>
wrote:
> > At the risk of stating the obvious, can=E2=80=99t you just use
$f->bar->__invoke()?
> >
> > >Actually, it was not immediately obvious that __invoke() was a method
from the docs as it is a side-note and not in the class signature breakout.
Oops! ;)
> >
> > >http://php.net/manual/en/class.closure.php
> >
> > Interestingly, reflection doesn't even expose it: http://3v4l.org/8Jutn
>
> Side note, but that=E2=80=99s because __invoke on Closure doesn=E2=80=99t=
 actually exist.
It=E2=80=99s a method that is created by trying to access it and ceases to =
exist
once called. Freaky, right?

Do you have an example where this feature could be very helpful? This exact
feature?

Cheers,
Pierre

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