Yes, the current behavior is wrong. I don't think it should be fixed in 5.3 though as the fix might break existing code.

johannes - I can commit a fix for this, but at what point should it be introduced?

Hi, I made a patch again 5.5. how about fix it in 5.5?

I don't think this need to be fixed in this way,  like __call:
```php
<?php

class Bar {
    private function __call($name, $value) {
        return __CLASS__;
    }
}

$b = new Bar;
$b->__call("name", NULL);
```

works well, but with an warning:
```
Warning: The magic method __call() must have public visibility and cannot be 
static 
```

I am not sure whether this is a bug, or just need document.

the __toString is more likely:

<?php
class A {
    private function __toString() {
        echo __CLASS__;
    }
}

$a = new A;
echo $a;
echo $a->__toString();
?>

result:

PHP Warning:  The magic method __toString() must have public visibility and 
cannot be static in /tmp/1.php on line 3
A
PHP Fatal error:  Call to private method A::__toString() from context '' in 
/tmp/1.php on line 10


so, I don't see much problem here, I think we only need a warning is okey. since 
it's a magic method, not a normal method.

jpauli, I commit the patch I said last night, if you want to marco it, please do 
it.

since I need this at trunk before I can improve the __Invoke implemention.

thanks