On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 3:05 PM Hamza Ahmad <office.hamzaah...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all, > > While I was reading through the discussion, I found a question related > to the conflict of constant names and functions names. In other words, > `strlen` can be both a constant name and a function name. > This was stated before but, basically, the idea is that the difference between a constant and function or between the property and the method (or class constant and static method) is done on the usage side, if a calling syntax is encountered. $a = strlen; // reading the constant $a = strlen(); // calling the function $a = $this->run; // reading the property $a = $this->run(); // calling the method $a = Clazz::operation; // reading the static property (or enum case) $a = Clazz::operation(); // calling the static method This way of identifying it is something embedded in the language and probably not that easy to avoid. This is why the syntax is similar to a method call, to properly identify the callable without other new syntax. Alex
