[PHP-BUG] Bug #68183 [NEW]: Several postfix expressions are not valid for function call

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From:             chx
Operating system: 
PHP version:      Irrelevant
Package:          PHP Language Specification
Bug Type:         Bug
Bug description:Several postfix expressions are not valid for function call

Description:
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Even in PHP 7

postfix-increment-expression
postfix-decrement-expression
exponentiation-expression

These one produce syntax errors and make no sense especially because
exponentation is definitely numeric while function names must start with
a letter (or so I thought).

member-selection-expression

it feels weird. I mean http://3v4l.org/ZeZR1 is not doable without a
separate variable. The meaning of y in $x->y() and $x->y differs so I am
not sure it should be swept into a single "member-selection-expression".


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Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4):   https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68183&r=trysnapshot54
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Fixed in SVN:               https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68183&r=fixed
Fixed in release:           https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68183&r=alreadyfixed
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Need Reproduce Script:      https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68183&r=needscript
Try newer version:          https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68183&r=oldversion
Not developer issue:        https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68183&r=support
Expected behavior:          https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68183&r=notwrong
Not enough info:            https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68183&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:            https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68183&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:           https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68183&r=globals
PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68183&r=php4
Daylight Savings:           https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68183&r=dst
IIS Stability:              https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68183&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed:            https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68183&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68183&r=float
No Zend Extensions:         https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68183&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error:  https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68183&r=mysqlcfg
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