Re: __string_value() crashes with return

Andrei Zmievski writes: > On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Andi Gutmans wrote: > > It does because it increases the "what the fuck factor" when it doesn't > > work for (string) $obj and I think there aren't really good reasons to keep > > it. And anyways, I doubt it has reached enough audience (it doesn't seem to > > be documented) in order for it to hurt backwards compatibility. > > Either we go all the way and have an ability for object to provide > custom handler functions for string conversion, comparison, etc. (like > Python), or we remove that functionality totally. Having it halfway > would be half-assed. > > -Andrei And a pain in the butt to document: 'It does this, but only for this circumstance...and doesn't really work like other stuff in the language, because...no, it won't be made more consistent...um...' ;) -- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ |Torben Wilson <torben@php.net> Netmill iTech| |http://www.coastnet.com/~torben http://www.netmill.fi| |Ph: 1 250 383-9735 torben@netmill.fi| +----------------------------------------------------------------+