[PHP-BUG] Req #72775 [NEW]: C++ Style Method Overloading

From:             fgheorghe at grosan dot co dot uk
Operating system: 
PHP version:      Next Major Version
Package:          PHP Language Specification
Bug Type:         Feature/Change Request
Bug description:C++ Style Method Overloading

Description:
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PHP made great progress by adding function return and parameter types.
It would be great to push it to a new level and allow for C++ style
method overloading, to enable different types of constructors, and
function signatures.

Use cases:

Construct a class by a numeric id:
__construct(int $id)

Construct a class by a given string identifier:
__construct(string $name)



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Fixed in SVN:               https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=fixed
Fixed in release:           https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace:             https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script:      https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=needscript
Try newer version:          https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=oldversion
Not developer issue:        https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=support
Expected behavior:          https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=notwrong
Not enough info:            https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:            https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:           https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=globals
PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=php4
Daylight Savings:           https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=dst
IIS Stability:              https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed:            https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=float
No Zend Extensions:         https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error:  https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=72775&r=mysqlcfg