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Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 01:46:47 +0200
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To: Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: OBJECT_OPERATOR vs. DOUBLE_COLON
From: kalle@php.net (Kalle Sommer Nielsen)

Hi Andrea, Sebastian

2017-07-06 1:12 GMT+02:00 Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me>:
> Hi Sebastian,
>
> Sebastian Bergmann wrote:
>>
>> Is it intentional that the DOUBLE_COLON operator can be used on a
>> variable that contains a reference to an object?
>
>
> I assume so. It wouldn't be the only place that accepts either a class name
> or an object of that class.

Thinking about it, couldn't this have been a side effect of the
"Dynamic access to static methods", available as of PHP 5.3:

<?php
class C {
   public static $foo = 123;
}

$a = "C";
echo $a::$foo;
?>


-- 
regards,

Kalle Sommer Nielsen
kalle@php.net