Hi internals!
In this issue, a suggestion was made that it would be convenient if BcMath\Number could be initialized in a callable-style form (i.e. initialized via a static method):
https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/22128
Indeed, as pointed out in the issue, similar static methods exist in classes such as DateTime.
I am in favor of introducing such a static method. It would probably look something like this:
// $scale is optional
$num = BcMath\Number::createFrom($val, $scale);
It would effectively serve as an alias for the constructor.
Incidentally, since this does not introduce any BC break, I do not believe an RFC is necessary.
I would like to hear everyone’s thoughts on this.
Regards,
Saki
Hi internals!
In this issue, a suggestion was made that it would be convenient if
BcMath\Numbercould be initialized in a callable-style form (i.e.
initialized via a static method):
https://github.com/php/php-src/issues/22128Indeed, as pointed out in the issue, similar static methods exist in
classes such asDateTime.I am in favor of introducing such a static method. It would probably
look something like this:// $scale is optional $num = BcMath\Number::createFrom($val, $scale);It would effectively serve as an alias for the constructor.
Incidentally, since this does not introduce any BC break, I do not
believe an RFC is necessary.I would like to hear everyone’s thoughts on this.
Regards,
Saki
I'm generally a fan of static factory methods like this, so +1 from me. It would also allow it to be partialed by the new PFA syntax, too.
--Larry Garfield