fix(preprocessor): reject abstract method bodies and abstract private class methods - #62
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… class methods Two abstract-method rules Zend enforces at compile time were missing: - an abstract method with a body was accepted and the body silently dropped; Zend fatals with "Abstract function A::f() cannot contain body" (applies to classes and traits alike, probed on 8.4.13) - `abstract private function` in a class can never be implemented, since private methods do not participate in overriding; Zend fatals with "Abstract function A::f() cannot be declared private". Traits keep accepting it (allowed since PHP 8.0: the consuming class supplies the private implementation) Zend reports the private-modifier error before the body error when both apply; the checks are ordered to match.
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The declaration checks match Zend precedence for class and trait abstract methods. Focused tests pass (3/3). No blocking issue found.
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Abstract-method declaration rules were unenforced: an abstract method WITH a body compiled (the body silently dropped — Zend: "Abstract function A::f() cannot contain body", also fatal in traits, probed), and
abstract private functionin a class compiled (Zend fatal; legal in traits since PHP 8.0 — the trait exemption is preserved and tested).Zend's diagnostic precedence (private before body) probed and matched.
Part of the split of #39.