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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Abstract final classes
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins)

guilhermeblanco@gmail.com wrote on 27/11/2014 15:34:
> > This is true of classes intended to be static whether or not they 
> are final. Allowing a "static class" would allow you to
> > enforce that all methods (and properties) must be static without 
> banning users from extending it (which is a completely
> > orthogonal decision).
>
> So if I still want to not allow anyone to extend it, I would then have 
> a final static class. Remember, I don't want people to change methods' 
> visibility.

Yep, that's the idea. I see no reason, particularly with Late Static 
Binding, that it shouldn't be possible to have a static class which can 
be extended by a static sub-class, if that fits a particular use case.