Re: object to string convertion patch

From: Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 17:08:26 +0000
Subject: Re: object to string convertion patch
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My implementation does not have these inconsistencies (I looked in the archives). The only wierd thing is print_r and dump_var. "Zeev Suraski" <zeev@zend.com> wrote in message news:5.1.0.14.2.20010822195524.03aeb4c8@localhost... > At 19:53 22-08-01, Andrei Zmievski wrote: > >On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Jeremy Bettis wrote: > > > I changed php (current CVS) to add another magic method to Objects, > > > __toString(). Whenever an object needs to be converted to a string, > > then it > > > will first try to call __toString() and if it can't, then it will just > > > return "Object" like now. > > > >Good luck trying to get this in. > > I implemented this once, and it was even in for several mini versions. But > it causes inconsistencies, and it was thus removed (I don't remember what > the inconsistencies were, look up the archives...) > > Zeev >

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