<?php
            class Test {
                    private function __construct() {
                            echo "I live, again!\n";
                            self::__toString();
                    }
                    private function __destruct() {
                            echo "DONE\n";
                    }
                    private function __toString() {
                            echo "STRING\n";
                    }
            }
            Test::__destruct();

    ?>

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