[PHP-DEV] __destruct() behaviour

[Ard Biesheuvel]

While http://www.php.net/zend-engine-2.php claims the following

        'Like constructors, parent destructors will not be called
        implicitly by the engine. In order to run a parent destructor,
        one would have to explicitly call parent::__destruct() in the
        destructor body.
the following code

        php -r 'abstract class A { protected function __destruct() {} }
                class B extends A {}
                $b = new B;'
results in

        Warning: Call to protected B::__destruct() from context ''
        during shutdown ignored in Unknown on line 0
which is inconsistent with the quoted description.
It also introduces an asymmetry compared to constructors which I think 
is confusing.

Any thoughts ?

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Ard
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