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Bug #40790 List interface parsed as T_LIST instead of T_STRING
Submitted: 2007-03-12 23:02 UTC Modified: 2007-03-12 23:16 UTC
From: markpk at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.2.1 OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2007-03-12 23:02 UTC] markpk at gmail dot com
Description:
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An object named List, named after a common data structure, is parsed as a T_LIST. I know many PHP applications use list(), but I think the engine could be made a little smarter by checking if this T_LIST could _also_ be a T_STRING in cases like these:

interface List
{
    ...
}

and:

function anything(List $x)
{
    ,,,
}

It will be appreciated if the engine detects the user is declaring an object named List and thus not parsing it as a T_LIST in this case. Because List is the name of a common data structure, it is a little bit annoying to see PHP displays a parse error instead of recognizing it as a T_STRING.


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 [2007-03-12 23:16 UTC] tony2001@php.net
http://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.php
There are reserved words and you have to remember of them when naming you classes/functions.

>I think the engine could be made a little smarter by..

Stas was kind enough to write a comprehensive answer on this, so I won't duplicate it.
You can find it here: http://news.php.net/php.internals/28303
 
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