Hi Rob,

Le mar. 3 févr. 2026 à 09:50, Rob Landers <[email protected]> a écrit :

> On Mon, Feb 2, 2026, at 22:14, Nicolas Grekas wrote:
>
> Hi Marco,
>
> Le lun. 2 févr. 2026 à 11:54, Marco Pivetta <[email protected]> a écrit :
>
> Hey Nicolas,
>
>
> On Thu, 22 Jan 2026 at 16:34, Nicolas Grekas <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> Here is a new RFC for you to consider:
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/promoted_readonly_constructor_reassign
>
>
>
> What happens if one calls `$obj->__construct(1, 2, 3)` (on an already
> instantiated `$obj`) in the context of this patch?
>
>
> Thanks for asking, I didn't think about this. This made me also think
> about ReflectionClass::newInstanceWithoutConstructor().
> I clarified this in the RFC, see "Direct __construct() Calls Cannot Bypass
> Readonly" and "Reflection: Objects Created Without Constructor".
> Patch and PR updated also if anyone wants to run some code where this RFC
> can be played with.
>
> Cheers,
> Nicolas
>
>
> Hi Nicolas,
>
> Under "Child Classes Can Reassign Parent Properties": this feels like a
> major footgun. Calling parent::__construct() won't allow a reset (per the
> rules of calling a constructor directly); which would completely break
> inheritance... but then in the examples it says that calling a constructor
> directly can reset it -- but you can't?
>
> This feels really inconsistent to me.
>
> — Rob
>

Yes, the text was ambiguous. The implementation allows
parent::__construct() during the initial construction (normal inheritance),
and only blocks explicit __construct() calls after construction completed.
I’ve clarified this in the RFC.

Nicolas

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