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Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2016 09:29:11 +0000
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] get_class() disallow null parameter
From: leight@gmail.com (Leigh)

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On Sun, 25 Sep 2016 at 06:29 Pierre Joye <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote:

> Also this behavior is clearly documented:
>
> http://th1.php.net/manual/en/function.get-class.php
>
> "If object is omitted when inside a class, the name of that class is
> returned."
>
> I am opposed to break BC because we change our mind about how clean is this
> behavior and I recommend the (future) RMs to veto this change.
>
> Cheers
> Pierre
>

This is ambiguous at best.

"Omitted" and "Not omitted but set to null" are different things.

I'm +/-0 on the RFC, but I would not agree that the documentation is clear.

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