Hi
On 6/29/24 17:56, Bilge wrote:
- Why is it a class-level flag and not an attribute (similar to the #[Override] attribute in PHP 8.3) ?
I believe Tim already answered this, and I understood his reasoning to
be that keywords are used when they modify behaviour in a way that is
meaningful for the consumer of that class. Or to put it another way,
attributes are purely informational. For me personally, introducing an
#[StaticClass]
class Foo {
public static function myFunc() { }
}
class Bar extends Foo {
public function myNonStaticFunc() { }
}
This would work fine in PHP 8.3, but break when upgrading to PHP 8.4! By using a keyword it is guaranteed that the code only runs on PHP versions that will reliably enforce all the constraints, preventing this gotcha during a PHP version upgrade.
Best regards
Tim Düsterhus