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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 11:30:48 +0200
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To: Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Generic classes and methods RFC
From: stig.bakken@gmail.com (Stig Bakken)

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On Sep 12, 2015 16:57, "Andrea Faulds" <ajf@ajf.me> wrote:
>
>
> I'm with Levi here, I think type parameters should matter for static
methods. An example might be a list class:
>

Just because you want it, doesn't make it possible ;-)

The class type variables are specified when instantiating the class. Since
you don't do that for static methods, the runtime has no information about
which type was specified at the time the static method is called.

- Stig

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