On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 11:10 AM Valentin Udaltsov <udaltsov.valen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > вт, 9 апр. 2024 г. в 19:41, Larry Garfield <la...@garfieldtech.com>: >> >> On Mon, Apr 8, 2024, at 6:08 AM, Valentin Udaltsov wrote: >> > Hello internals, >> > >> > >> > >> > I would like to propose a syntax change for PHP 8.4 that allows to >> > immediately access instantiated objects without wrapping the expression >> > into parentheses. >> > >> > >> > >> > This was requested and discussed several times, see: >> > >> > - https://externals.io/message/66197 >> > >> > - https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70549 >> > >> > - https://externals.io/message/101811 >> > >> > - https://externals.io/message/113953 >> > >> > >> > >> > Here's what you will be able to write after this change: >> > >> > ```php >> > >> > class MyClass >> > >> > { >> > >> > const CONSTANT = 'constant'; >> > >> > public static $staticProperty = 'staticProperty'; >> > >> > public static function staticMethod(): string { return 'staticMethod'; >> > } >> > >> > public $property = 'property'; >> > >> > public function method(): string { return 'method'; } >> > >> > public function __invoke(): string { return '__invoke'; } >> > >> > } >> > >> > >> > >> > var_dump( >> > >> > new MyClass()::CONSTANT, // string(8) "constant" >> > >> > new MyClass()::$staticProperty, // string(14) "staticProperty" >> > >> > new MyClass()::staticMethod(), // string(12) "staticMethod" >> > >> > new MyClass()->property, // string(8) "property" >> > >> > new MyClass()->method(), // string(6) "method" >> > >> > new MyClass()(), // string(8) "__invoke" >> > >> > ); >> > >> > ``` >> > >> > >> > >> > For more details see the RFC: >> > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/new_without_parentheses >> > >> > Implementation: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/13029 >> >> I always thought there was some technical parser reason why this wasn't >> possible. Maybe that was true in 5.x but isn't anymore? >> >> I cannot speak to the implementation, but I'm all for the change itself. >> >> --Larry Garfield > > > Does anyone have additional feedback? I'd like to start voting on Thursday, > April 25th. > I've also added a section on other syntax ideas that have been expressed on > Twitter and in the PR: > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/new_without_parentheses#other_syntax_ideas > -- > Valentin
I suspect this will break (badly written) reflection in interesting ways: https://3v4l.org/mcSNH This basically breaks dereferencing order of operations and makes it inconsistent. Robert Landers Software Engineer Utrecht NL
