Allow `new (<expr>)` as syntax #80

thekid · 2020-02-15T13:24:54Z

See php/php-src#5061, merged Feb. 11th, 2020 and targeted for PHP 8.0

function factory() { return Date::class; }

$date= new (factory())();  // instance of Date class

Previously, a temporary variable would have been necessary:

function factory() { return Date::class; }

$class= factory();
$date= new $class();  // instance of Date class

See php/php-src/pull#5061

Allow new (<expr>) as syntax

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See php/php-src/pull#5061

thekid added the enhancement label Feb 15, 2020

thekid added 2 commits February 15, 2020 14:26

Add test for instantiation operator

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QA: Use [] for string offsets instead of {}, which is deprecated

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thekid merged commit 477dccd into master Feb 15, 2020

thekid deleted the feature/new_expr branch February 15, 2020 13:37

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