Re: wacky object idea

On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 12:18:44AM +0200, Stig S. Bakken wrote: > Andrei Zmievski wrote: > > > > On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Andi Gutmans wrote: > > > Operator overloading is one of the uglier features in C++. Java did things > > > better. Code is much more readable and maintainable when it uses interfaces > > > and not "object overloading". You might lose a lot of what PHP is about > > > when implementing this "cool" feature. You might move PHP coders into > > > writing unreadable code. > > > > This is one of the times when I completely agree with Andi. We have > > __string_value method support and I suppose it's a nice enough feature > > for debugging, but I don't see it being used for much more than that. > > Adding other kinds of automatic object conversions is just going to lead > > to more mess. Andi is right when he says that using interfaces would be > > a better approach. > > Hm, it I just changed my opinion on this as well (the C++ operator > overlodaing comparison did the trick :-). I guess I'll just rename all > the toString methods in PEAR to __string_value. plz be aware that __string_value() is only called when you "print" the object (echo $myclass) and _not_ when you cast it to a string ($b = (string)$myclass). i think we need to fix that! tc > > - Stig -- Thies C. Arntzen "One Big-Mac, Small Fries and a Coke!" Digital Collections Phone +49 40 235350 Fax +49 40 23535180 Hammerbrookstr. 93 20097 Hamburg / Germany