Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:78984 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 5683 invoked from network); 19 Nov 2014 08:46:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 19 Nov 2014 08:46:08 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=tyra3l@gmail.com; sender-id=pass Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=tyra3l@gmail.com; spf=pass; sender-id=pass Received-SPF: pass (pb1.pair.com: domain gmail.com designates 209.85.214.170 as permitted sender) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: tyra3l@gmail.com X-Host-Fingerprint: 209.85.214.170 mail-ob0-f170.google.com Received: from [209.85.214.170] ([209.85.214.170:50473] helo=mail-ob0-f170.google.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id 7B/03-15277-CC85C645 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 03:46:05 -0500 Received: by mail-ob0-f170.google.com with SMTP id wp18so85267obc.29 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 00:46:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=SHTwGXVyRiFBp5eDUjF1KB2BJg+oR63Ux0JBjjsLwms=; b=gm7U//CXLdrS6yvml0MHSjb1LAQPeHlaxnJcS313T7U0iuf5VDT8VsE7VUtKhhtqD4 08LQBMtH5cJ/5Qd5RekZa03j6x6am5CE3z+f3t+8W/fsHfoHeIa3GzBgtX3/ec0RLgz1 GRq6OaIHa9AW3DlOpgR1RnAfv13Fb8tRfgGtPdwvEX2QgD42DuPiLmCKW+eMnGv7VqP+ Yx41a5H4536zrAI7opYAediptvK2eKCF669WAnBMgqQ1ureK+FuVVPlFq36g4fCpj6QF EPrH0LrDNDFKG08H3M8udzea3orHmGDPfI3h4sf2ch3zxNt2Rwma0rtLpr5bbG5vLTyq bDeg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.115.227 with SMTP id jr3mr13541195oeb.33.1416386761676; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 00:46:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.60.79.131 with HTTP; Wed, 19 Nov 2014 00:46:01 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:46:01 +0100 Message-ID: To: Levi Morrison Cc: internals Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e01184242cb60600508323dec Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Remove PHP 4 Constructors From: tyra3l@gmail.com (Ferenc Kovacs) --089e01184242cb60600508323dec Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 12:11 AM, Levi Morrison wrote: > Dear Internals, > > I am proposing an RFC[1] to remove PHP 4 constructors in PHP 7. If > accepted, methods with the same name as their defining class will no > longer be recognized as constructors. As noted in the RFC, there are > already many situations where we do not recognize these methods as > constructors, such as in namespaces and traits and when `function > __construct` is also present. > > Andrea Faulds has kindly written a utility that identifies when a PHP > 4 constructor is defined[2]. It does not automatically change the code > for liability reasons. The utility PHPMD[3] can also detect this but > has a false positive when `__construct` is also defined. > > Cheers, > Levi Morrison > > > [1]: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/remove_php4_constructors > [2]: https://github.com/TazeTSchnitzel/PHP4_Constructor_Finder > [3]: > http://phpmd.org/rules/naming.html#constructorwithnameasenclosingclass > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > +1 from me. --=20 Ferenc Kov=C3=A1cs @Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu --089e01184242cb60600508323dec--