On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 at 19:05, Ralph Schindler <ra...@ralphschindler.com> wrote:
> > > > just return $string, to be consistent with usual behavior of > > "::CONST_NAME", which allows objects and class names on the left hand > side. > > Having given it more thought, it seems like like $string::class should > be more aligned with get_class($string), which at current throws a PHP > Warning with the message: > > "PHP Warning: get_class() expects parameter 1 to be object, string > given in ..." > This is going to be a TypeError in PHP 8 following the consistent type error RFC [1] therefore the current behaviour to throw a TypeError is inline which get_class() George P. Banyard [1] https://wiki.php.net/rfc/consistent_type_errors
