Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=28261&edit=1
ID: 28261
Comment by: info at strictcoding dot co dot uk
Reported by: Philippe dot Jausions at 11abacus dot com
Summary: Lifting reserved keyword restriction for method
names
Status: Open
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: Scripting Engine problem
Operating System: *
PHP Version: *
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
+1 for this feature request!
Previous Comments:
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[2011-07-10 19:47:43] s...@php.net
The patch seems not to work with tokenizer extension - the extension returns
wrong
tokens (T_EVAL instead of expected T_STRING).
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[2009-06-30 05:52:23] taufiq at krimnet dot com
I need this bug to be resolved.
I'm writing Javascript/CSS collector & minify library.
I would like to code like below.
JS::include(FILE_PATH)->include(FILE_PATH2)->include(FILE_PATH3);
having method name other than include() is pretty annoying.
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[2007-12-16 00:46:09] kentfredric at gmail dot com
At the moment (5.2.3 ) this is perfectly valid.
Class A{
function __call( $function, $args ){
if( $function == 'print' ){
print "MyPrint: {$args[0]}";
}
}
}
$a = new A();
$a->print( "hello" ); #<-- surprisingly, this is not an invalid use of a
keyword to the lexer.
# >> MyPrint: hello
but this
Class A{
function print( $args ){
print "MyPrint: {$args}";
}
}
$a = new A();
$a->print( "hello" );
Yields a parse error "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_PRINT, expecting
T_STRING"
which appears to be an illogical design contstraint.
I've seen rather brutal slander for people attempting to perform this ( #14178
, this bug ) amounting to "hey, you suck, dont do that" without any rational
explanation.
So yes, I look forward to this feature being integrated.
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[2007-10-05 02:13:49] cel...@php.net
as new reserved words are introduced, they tend to clash with existing class's
method names. import and namespace are particularly nasty examples of methods
that are likely to clash, although I have also run into problems with "list"
which is a very nice method name for many tasks.
The patches linked to in this comment provides a simple and effective means of
allowing reserved words in method names. Not only is it possible, but it is
quite elegant :).
It also fixes, as a side effect, a bug in the parsing of this code:
<?php
class A {
var $list;
}
$a = new A;
$a->list = 1;
$a-> list = 2; // parse error, unexpected T_LIST
?>
whitespace between T_OBJECT_OPERATOR and the variable name changes the token
returned from T_STRING to any valid token.
Patch for PHP 5:
http://pear.php.net/~greg/smarter_lexer.patch.txt
Patch for PHP 6:
http://pear.php.net/~greg/php6_smarter_lexer.patch.txt
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[2004-05-04 18:18:05] he...@php.net
That's simply impossible.
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