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Bug #79989 new `match` keyword is inconsistant in syntax errors
Submitted: 2020-08-18 10:02 UTC Modified: 2020-08-18 10:59 UTC
From: call dot user dot func at gmail dot com Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 8.0.0beta1 OS: W10
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2020-08-18 10:02 UTC] call dot user dot func at gmail dot com 
Description:
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Stated in this RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/match_expression_v2#backward_incompatible_changes

we have  this new keyword `match` which now result in syntax errors when used as a namespaces, class names, function names, global constants.

Well, this behaviour is not consistant with the RFC and also inconsistent between the alpha3 and all other pre-release versions of php8.

My tests are in the attached test scripts.

Greetz Roland

Test script:
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<?php

define("match", 1);  // no error in php8.0.0beta1
class Match{} // error in php8.0.0beta1
function match(){} // error in php8.0.0beta1
namespace match{} // only error in php8.0.0alpha3
namespace Foo\Bar\Match; // only error in php8.0.0alpha3

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 [2020-08-18 10:32 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug -Package: *General Issues +Package: Scripting Engine problem -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2020-08-18 10:32 UTC] cmb@php.net 
The behavioral change of the namespace declaration is due to
RFC: Treat namespaced names as single token[1], which only has been
implemented for 8.0.0beta1, and is mentioned in UPGRADING[2].

[1] <https://wiki.php.net/rfc/namespaced_names_as_token>
[2] <https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/php-8.0.0beta1/UPGRADING#L207-L210>>
 [2020-08-18 10:43 UTC] call dot user dot func at gmail dot com 
Ok i understand this new RFC. When you say it is implemented in beta1, why it does not throw a error in this version when using namespace match{}?

Also what's with all the other cases i've mentioned?

Really not a bug?
 [2020-08-18 10:55 UTC] cmb@php.net 
A string (like used in define()) is never an issue wrt. reserved
keywords.  `class Match` and `function match` are errors now,
since `match` is a reserved keyword.

The namespace declarations are special cased in PHP 8, so using a
stand alone `match` or having `Match` as part of a namespace
declaration name is allowed now.

So everything behaves as expected; thus not a bug. :)
 [2020-08-18 10:59 UTC] call dot user dot func at gmail dot com 
Perfect. Thanks for answering. Sure, define() is just a string, when defining. When try to output/use  it, is is now correctly a syntax error.

Didn't knew of the namespace special behaviour and i also mixed up the match RFC change with the namespace RFC.

Thanks. Not a bug :)
 
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