On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Ferenc Kovacs <tyr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Etienne Kneuss <col...@php.net> wrote: > >> Sure the default implementation would have to be identical to the >> behavior of not defining one. >> >> > agree > > >> I believe the best way to solve these issues is by having an implicit >> base class. >> > > that would also solve the "I want to typehint objects" problem. > > >> To some extent, that means BC breaks though. >> >> > by BC break you mean the name of the implicit base class? > > No, I was more referring to the fact that people might be relying on the hierarchy to be bounded by their own classes, and checking for their roots using i.e. class_parents/reflection. If we introduce a class and force it as parent of every userland root classes, you can always find existing code to break in non-trivial ways :) It seems acceptable to me though, given the progress we would make with this change. > -- > Ferenc Kovács > @Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu > -- Etienne Kneuss
