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To: Levi Morrison <levim@php.net>, "Ben Scholzen 'DASPRiD'" <mail@dasprids.de>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Generic classes and methods RFC
From: korvinszanto@gmail.com (Korvin Szanto)

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Levi,
It's my understanding that the "type variable" is a member of the instance
and not of the class. In at least java, generics are unavailable in static
context[1] though they can be specifically defined on the static method
itself[2].

[1]
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/936377/static-method-in-a-generic-class
[2] https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/extra/generics/methods.html

On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 8:28 AM Levi Morrison <levim@php.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 5:12 PM, Ben Scholzen 'DASPRiD'
> <mail@dasprids.de> wrote:
> > Hi Dennis,
> >
> > thanks for your feedback, see my answers below:
> >
> >> 1. static methods:
> >>
> >> class Foo<T> {
> >>         public static function test() {
> >>         }
> >> }
> >>
> >> how can I call the method:
> >> a) Foo::test()
> >> or
> >> b) Foo<int>::test()
> >>
> >> in case b), would the generic methods not be a duplication?
> >
> >
> > Case a) is correct here. A static method is not in the context of an
> > instance, so it doesn't know about the class boxing by itself.
>
> I think b would be correct. Can you explain this rationale a bit more?
>
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