19 nov 2023 22:28:16 Lanre Waju <la...@online-presence.ca>:
> Hi, similar to the abstract and readonly modifiers to classes (similar in
> syntax only), I propose a class level "static" modifier that ensures:
>
> 1. The class cannot be instantiated and will throw an exception if attempted.
>
> 2. All methods and variables in the class are implicitly static.
>
> 3. (optional based on community input) It should have the same effect on
> traits and interfaces
>
> For example:
>
> static class X {
>
> const int k = 1;
>
> private string $a
>
> function foo():void{}
>
> private function bar():void{}
>
> }
>
> would be equivalent to
>
> class X {
>
> const int k = 1;
>
> private static string $a
>
> public static function foo():void{}
>
> private static function bar():void{}
>
> }
>
> and so on. I will be implementing this myself it it gets approved.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Lanre
>
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Hi,
Super on board with this, I felt the need for this feature uncountable times in
many years, usually the temporary solution was just to mark the class as final
and create a private constructor, but especially the private constructor part
makes it a bit ugly, too indirect and not immediately obvious.
The only doubts I have about this proposal are the omission of static keywords
for functions and properties.
I understand this is inline with readonly classes, but I don't feel like static
is a keyword that should be omittable when declaring static methods and
properties.
Regards,
Daniil Gentili.
