So, I ran across bug #54631 A fatal error is thrown if you try to call parent::__construct() from a subclass of SplObjectStorage.
I was going to close it as "expected behavior" since that is pretty normal if the parent class doesn't implement __construct(). Also, the docs don't list it as having a __construct() method. But then look at SplDoublyLinkedList (and a bunch of others). They are documented as having a __construct() method, yet it triggers a fatal error when you try to call "parent::__construct()" from a subclass' constructor . So it seems to me that there are two possible solutions: - Update the docs to remove ::__construct() for classes that don't have one. - Make sure __construct() is implemented in all SPL classes * and update the docs. * Even if it is empty. What's everyone thinking? I'd be more than happy to add the constructors to the code where needed, I just want to make sure that it is the right move first. - Andrew
