Near to minimal php as possible - minimal code example

Date.hx

package ;

/**
 * ...
 * @author Skial Bainn
 */

extern class Date {
	
	// http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mktime.php
	public inline function new(year : Int, month : Int, day : Int, hour : Int, min : Int, sec : Int ):Void {
		return untyped __call__("mktime", hour, min, sec, month+1, day, year);
	}
	
	public inline function getTime():Float {
		return untyped this * 1000;
	}
	
}

Main.class.php

<?php

class Main {
	public function __construct(){}
	static function main() {
                // this to be in its place - mktime(15, 25, 0, 12, 8, 2011)
		$date = new Date(2011, 12, 8, 15, 25, 0); 
		$date * 1000;
	}
	function __toString() { return 'Main'; }
}

?>

Main.hx

package ;
import php.Lib;

/**
 * ...
 * @author Skial Bainn
 */

class Main {
	
	public static function main():Void {
		var date = new Date(2011, 12, 08, 15, 25, 0);
		date.getTime();
	}
	
}

I currently need to output minimal code and files, so converting some haxe classes to output direct php methods, instead of the haxe generated classes which basically wrap the same php methods.

Every inline method gets generated correctly apart from the constructor, so I currently use a static method named init or similar to start everything.

I don't think I would be able to get around this using macros, if it is - just say and I'll start digging, but I think the compiler would complain of a missing constructor.

• Would this be acceptable to have in the compiler? Is it to much of an edge case to be bothered with?
• Or would it be possible to use a patch file to tell the compiler what method to use instead of generating new? example:

// pseudo // replace.patch Date.new : static Date.init
As far as I can tell from looking at http://haxe.org/manual/swc and http://code.google.com/p/haxe/source/browse/trunk/doc/extract.patch I don't see anything like this, correct me if I'm wrong :)