Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:92954 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 92086 invoked from network); 29 Apr 2016 17:12:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 29 Apr 2016 17:12:06 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=nikita.ppv@gmail.com; sender-id=pass Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=nikita.ppv@gmail.com; spf=pass; sender-id=pass Received-SPF: pass (pb1.pair.com: domain gmail.com designates 209.85.161.173 as permitted sender) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: nikita.ppv@gmail.com X-Host-Fingerprint: 209.85.161.173 mail-yw0-f173.google.com Received: from [209.85.161.173] ([209.85.161.173:35644] helo=mail-yw0-f173.google.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id 7E/22-26386-4E593275 for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 13:12:05 -0400 Received: by mail-yw0-f173.google.com with SMTP id g133so178016156ywb.2 for ; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:12:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to; bh=KGDu2oNQVFA1yNlo5W+gG5oHkuoc7kgSZoRUT4ZHCpU=; b=UVnXNylRZKVlUScj/NIz5+tSK68Ebc3isGMpUPPWksJwFj5nhpRSJuuvqAxoHVT36m NoUBHTN5V0HXwn97KTqsqbzWFmrG6QYvulZhqB/sPgE3QOrct8uPr5WJq5klN1k5w9N6 iefroIH83Rutth2XTtC6rFUHpYgmhC+O+ReYWdFltubNovRYsfDLBTTMxPkgTfo0hJ1G Tb0HAktphmULjN/EDvTV7DLMviOW63OPgUHKKNbraXArX7dBpDECZL1tCtmNwe7aMhVh lh48/ErAcF7wUEOAHoehSyOZdY5+lirtmOSrvAe/JXsVtr85nsVj+bU+tGcLsbHHaiGw ypqQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to; bh=KGDu2oNQVFA1yNlo5W+gG5oHkuoc7kgSZoRUT4ZHCpU=; b=Uqto+Xqvh0T3+DKreWio9SGScGDDATKoX58QgyKJIKeiMrL537b7HaPRTEpzc2J+T0 UW/DA5e1mp9aOLV6zywdcjdJfvduP24fLAM8Rr2pFm5PVWaG/QD0dGwvGh2sdaf0OYZg UPVze4pMYPwlXjl9tLtigsso1pnxhDzfTUERQAwAJqNuoKL1CzwApQtxG56SRbhCV943 iHr3+1V2RlRi73Jxq4G8w+oWr0V8IK+1iQB9PkLImN1JXD5tU98eSy5kRwks5bcZXtsT y4TbiH9+ECKsTcAUU+UBScmQ04w4maEFnOo8AfXI5iYbw5G4QQvEeNCwbtGYJF4lz6Es BzIA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOPr4FWINbUw5CwvLOxMgKxZErEfK3+fY3y268ELk2FTXoS4GwBekws+n8rc/dAiDxqHxc3/7BYiC9sUSyXqFQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.37.5.212 with SMTP id 203mr4275853ybf.45.1461949921572; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:12:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.13.239.3 with HTTP; Fri, 29 Apr 2016 10:12:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 19:12:01 +0200 Message-ID: To: PHP internals Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c04fd0c140860531a2bd3c Subject: [RFC] Forbid $this being null in instance methods From: nikita.ppv@gmail.com (Nikita Popov) --001a11c04fd0c140860531a2bd3c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi internals! I'd like to submit a small RFC for your consideration, which ensures something that really ought to be a given already: If you use $this in an instance method, you should actually get a $this (and not NULL). https://wiki.php.net/rfc/forbid_null_this_in_methods As this is targeting PHP 7.1, the RFC is careful to retain compatibility with certain legacy PHP 4 code patterns. Thanks, Nikita --001a11c04fd0c140860531a2bd3c--