Hi Folks:
I'm glad to see PHP 5.3 is allowing the use of variables to access
classes in a static context and documentation to that effect. (Thank
you Etienne, at least for the docs, if not the C code too.) Here's
what's in the docs at the moment:
As of PHP 5.3.0, it's possible to reference the class using a
variable. Keywords like self, parent or static are not allowed
in dynamic class references.
I didn't understand what the second sentence was saying. I was thinking
that _perhaps_ the method itself could not use static constructs, which
of course, doesn't make sense. Researching this issue lead me to the CVS
commit log for that addition says:
Document the fact that $classname="self"; is not supported
That made the situation very apparent. I would like to clarify the
documentation. Perhaps the last sentence can be changed to:
The variable's value can not be a keyword (e.g. self,
parent, static).
Or perhaps some folks here have some other preference?
I have commit access to phpdoc.
Thanks,
--Dan
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