[PHP-DEV] RFC: ZE2 and abstract

[Marcus Börger]

The link below contain a patch that allows abstract functions in ZE2.
http://marcus-boerger.de/php/ext/ze2

abstract [static] function '(' parameters ')' ';'

it would be possible to make the ';' optional.

When an abstract method is called a fatal error is generated and
execution stops. Another way of handling abstract would be to
generate an E_WARNING or throw an exception. I experimented
with the second one already but do not like it. I favor the first
over the third but haven't tried that yet.

The thinks i did:
introduce T_ABSTRACT = "abstract" and modified the parser.
added is_abstract after is_static in zend_function (and such)
emit an E_ERROR when is_abstract is set in zend_init_static_method_call_handler & zend_init_method_call_handler

marcus



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