Hi Etienne,

Am Samstag, den 02.08.2008, 19:36 +0200 schrieb Etienne Kneuss:
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> 1) I don't believe that having it thrown as another of those magic
> method is a good idea. Rather, I'd like to have it represented by an
> interface: Invokable. That way, type hints/checks can be done in user
> land in a sane matter:

I would like that too, but if we do so, we must pass the parameters as
an array. With an interface we lose flexibility and that's why I would
not do it.

> 2) Do we really want __invoke's argument to be mapped to caller
> arguments. Providing an array of arguments, ala __call(Static) sounds
> more consistent.
> class A { public function __invoke($arg) {var_dump($arg); }} $a = new
> A; $a(1,2); // int(1), currently. IMHO it should be array(1,2)

That's what I don't like and this is really a dependency for 1).

> 3) Do we really want to allow both static and non-static versions of __invoke 
> ?
> class A { public static function __invoke($args) { .. }} $a = new A;
> $a(); being a static call to __invoke doesn't make much sense to me.

Doesn't make any sense yes indeed. If we would have __invokeStatic() it
would be another story.

cu, Lars

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