I also thought about the same for functions, just to be even more consistent. my_func::function
On 12 Oct 2017 23:32, "Sara Golemon" <poll...@php.net> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 2:33 PM, Michael Döhler <michaeldoeh...@me.com> > wrote: > > I am open for any approach, but maybe we have to differentiate between > class constants and method references? > > > Given the discussion we had around the namespace separator (and why we > DIDN'T go with ::), there may be similar issues here. Maybe not, > given the final component is specifically T_METHOD, but it should be > prototyped to be sure. > > As to what such a reference would evaluate to: Foo::bar::method -> [ > Foo::class, 'bar' ] as Michael Döhler suggests seems the obvious > answer, but (Foo::class.'::bar') may be what some would expect. > Ideally we'd have first-class references to functions. > > -Sara >
