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Bug #47665 Closure as object property not directly executable
Submitted: 2009-03-15 19:22 UTC Modified: 2009-03-19 08:10 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
Same Version:1 (100.0%)
Same OS:1 (100.0%)
From: al dot james at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Scripting Engine problem
PHP Version: 5.3.0beta1 OS: Mac OS 10.5
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2009-03-15 19:22 UTC] al dot james at gmail dot com
Description:
------------
If I assign an instance of the Closure object as a property of an 
object, I would expect to be able to execute that property as a 
function.

E.g.

$o = new stdClass;

$o->test = function(){
	echo "Executing function";	
};

I would expect this to work:

$o->test();

However, it does not. This does:

call_user_func($o->test);

The $o->test() syntax is more concise and in keeping with other 
languages with such features.

Reproduce code:
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$o = new stdClass;

$o->test = function(){
	echo "Executing function";	
};

$o->test();

Expected result:
----------------
Executing function

Actual result:
--------------
PHP Fatal error:  Call to undefined method stdClass::test()

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 [2009-03-18 23:27 UTC] felipe@php.net
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php


 [2009-03-19 08:10 UTC] al dot james at gmail dot com
Ok, so maybe its a desired feature (to fix what goes against intuition). 
Is there any way to register a desired feature?
 
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