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Subject: __destruct() behaviour
From: abies@php.net (Ard Biesheuvel)

While http://www.php.net/zend-engine-2.php claims the following

	'Like constructors, parent destructors will not be called
	implicitly by the engine. In order to run a parent destructor,
	one would have to explicitly call parent::__destruct() in the
	destructor body.

the following code

	php -r 'abstract class A { protected function __destruct() {} }
		class B extends A {}
		$b = new B;'

results in

	Warning: Call to protected B::__destruct() from context ''
	during shutdown ignored in Unknown on line 0

which is inconsistent with the quoted description.
It also introduces an asymmetry compared to constructors which I think 
is confusing.

Any thoughts ?

-- 
Ard