From: Operating system: Ubuntu PHP version: 5.4.0alpha3 Package: *Programming Data Structures Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Trait methods overriding legacy constructors
Description: ------------ For the sake of consistency, exactly one of the following should be implemented: 1. Trait methods should be able to override __construct definitions 2. Trait methods should not be able to override legacy constructor definitions Currently, trait methods are not able to override __construct definitions. Trait methods are able to override legacy constructor definitions. Test script: --------------- Here are two test cases that will reproduce the defect: https://gist.github.com/1183844 Expected result: ---------------- A trait-level __construct method (or a trait-level method aliased as __construct) should not be able to override any type of constructor in a class Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Call to private SomeClass::__construct() from invalid context -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=55554&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55554&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55554&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55554&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55554&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55554&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55554&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55554&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55554&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55554&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55554&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55554&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55554&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55554&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55554&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55554&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55554&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55554&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55554&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55554&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55554&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=55554&r=mysqlcfg