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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] BC break: ReflectionMethod::invoke()
 expectsparameter1to be object, string given
From: cmbecker69@gmx.de ("Christoph M. Becker")

Am 23.08.2016 um 14:51 schrieb Julien Pauli:

> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 1:51 PM, Christoph M. Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> I suggest to deprecate all other types than NULL as first arg for static
>> methods, because passing an int, for instance, makes even less sense as
>> Rowan has already pointed out elsewhere in this thread.
> 
> What about passing nothing ?
> 
> $reflectionMeth->invoke();
> 
> Actually, this is not possible and a Warning:
> ReflectionMethod::invoke() expects at least 1 parameter, 0 given in %s
> on line %d is thrown.
> Should we keep that behavior as well ? Knowing that passing nothing,
> the function will get an IS_NULL zval.

I don't think it's good to introduce this shortcut, which is of limited
value anyway.  It might be better to have something like
::invokeStatic() which wouldn't require passing a NULL as first parameter.

-- 
Christoph M. Becker