Hello Edin, Wednesday, April 26, 2006, 10:59:56 PM, you wrote:
> Marcus Boerger wrote: >> It is just some decision that was taken that the newer OO stuff should be a >> bit more strict. > I don't remember any such decision. I don't even remember a discussion > about it. I'm aware of the efforts of some people to make PHP less PHP > and more Java and thus we end up in a situation where: There was no endless discussion like we to often do on the list but instead it was just something we came to agree upon among those implementing it while implementing it. > class foo{}; foo::$bar = 1; To cut the story short, any feature might have an advantage for somebody but also a heavy disadvantage for somebody else. But in the end if we'd agree to add this feature we#d also end up in supporting interception of static properties which we probably do not want. Best regards, Marcus -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php