On Sun, 23 Jun 2024, Larry Garfield wrote: > On Sun, Jun 23, 2024, at 6:10 PM, Bilge wrote: > > Hi Internals! > > > > I am pleased to present my first RFC: Static class > > <https://wiki.php.net/rfc/static_class>. > > > > This work is based on the previous discussion thread on this list of the > > same name, and hopefully captured all the relevant details, > > notwithstanding anything unanticipated that may present itself during > > the implementation. Let me know if you feel anything important has been > > missed. I am aware it omits to mention specifics about messages so > > emitted when runtime or compile-time errors occur, but I anticipate this > > can be hashed out in the PR, unless consensus indicates otherwise. > > > > I am aware this idea is not supported by everyone, but there seemed to > > be enough positive voices for it to be worth a shot. I'd like to get a > > better idea of where people might stand when it comes down to a vote, > > now there is a formal RFC, so we know whether it's worth completing the > > implementation, although any sentiments so proffered are of course not a > > commitment to vote any particular way and nobody should feel compelled > > to speak to that unless comfortable. Looking forward to feedback!
<snip> > > For the record, as previously stated, I will be voting No on this RFC. Having read this thread, and the previous one from half a year ago, I will do so too. In short, we shouldn't be encouraging static classes as a bag of static functions, that ought to be just namespaced functions. cheers, Derick
