late static binding in closure PHP5.5 vs 5.6

Question

Why new static in the closure (in a class static method) is equal to new self in PHP5.5, while it's properly bound in PHP5.6 ?

Given:

abstract class Parent {
    public function __construct($something)
    {
        $this->something = $something;
    }

    public static function make($array)
    {
        return array_map(function ($el) {
            return new static($el);
        }, $array);
    }
}

class Child extends Parent {

}

then

Child::make($someArray); 
// PHP5.5 FatalError: cannot instantiate abstract class Parent
// PHP5.6 works fine, as expected

In 5.5 this will work as expected:

public static function make($array)
{
    $child = get_called_class();

    return array_map(function ($el) use ($chlid) {
        return new $child($el);
    }, $array);
}

but why is this happening? I haven't found any mentions on php.net concerning static binding changes in 5.6.

Answer 1

Looks like this bug, fixed in 5.5.14.