On Sat, May 23, 2026, at 7:50 AM, Saki Takamachi wrote: > 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
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
