First class callable syntax for instance methods
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Feature
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Description
Description
Consider the following code:
class Booking
{
public function getFreeCancellationDeadline(): ?\DateTimeImmutable
{
// ....
}
}
Then, you'd like to have a closure:
fn (Booking $b): ?\DateTimeImmutable => $b->getFreeCancellationDeadline();
It would be much neater to have it like this:
Booking::getFreeCancellationDeadline(...);
This is the exact form in which PhpStorm IDE copies the method reference ("Copy Reference" on the method - Ctrl+Alt+Sft+C).
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Research direction
The issue names no source files, tests, or entry points. Start by reviewing the proposed first-class callable syntax and its PHP interpreter implications; done means the demonstrated instance-method reference syntax is supported and covered by appropriate tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- php
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100