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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Inconsistencies in callable, call_user_func and direct
 variable calls
From: aharvey@php.net (Adam Harvey)

On 20 January 2015 at 12:54, Marc Bennewitz <dev@mabe.berlin> wrote:
> valid for call_user_func[_array] and callable type-hint but invalid for f=
or
> direct variable calls:
> - string "MyClass::staticFunc"
> - string "self::staticFunc"
> - string "static::staticFunc"
> - string "parent::func"
> - string "parent::staticFunc"
>
> see http://3v4l.org/1oSO3
>
> Thoughts ?

This is https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=3D68475 =E2=80=94 Julien and I both=
 have
PoC branches implementing this, and agree that it should be fixed in
PHP 7, although I think we differ on whether an RFC is required or
not.

Adam