{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/2104","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sebastianbergmann/phpunit","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/2104/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/2104/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/2104/events","html_url":"https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/issues/2104","id":138173601,"number":2104,"title":"Question: static assertions","user":{"login":"keradus","id":2716794,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2716794?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/keradus","html_url":"https://github.com/keradus","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/keradus/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/keradus/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/keradus/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/keradus/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/keradus/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/keradus/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/keradus/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/keradus/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/keradus/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2016-03-03T13:09:43Z","updated_at":"2016-03-06T15:53:14Z","closed_at":"2016-03-06T15:53:14Z","body":"Hi.\r\nAll assertions provided by [PHPUnit_Framework_Assert](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit/blob/master/src/Framework/Assert.php) are defined as static methods.\r\nOn the other hand, all examples on https://phpunit.de/ says to call them with instance context .\r\n\r\n@sebastianbergmann it would be great if you could provide some reasoning for this inconsistency. "}}