Re: instanceof survives non-object variables, but crasheson non-object constants.

On 10.12.2017 at 12:05, Niklas Keller wrote: >> This. There's nothing undefinable about "1 instanceof \stdClass", the >> clear and obvious answer is: "No, it's not an instance of \stdClass, >> it's an integer." The runtime result of false makes sense, the >> compile time error doesn't. Let's relax the compile time error (fold >> it into a const false if you truly must) and call it done. There's no >> need to be hostile to users just because the code *seems* silly. > > This code doesn't just *seem* silly. For everything but testing whether it > works it is totally useless. > > But we might turn the fatal error into a warning like we do it for "use" in > the global namespace: https://3v4l.org/ph7KW I fail to see why 1 instanceof \stdClass should be handled differently than 1 === (new stdClass) for instance. -- Christoph M. Becker