Re: Type casting syntax
| From: | Marco Pivetta | Date: | Sat, 10 Jul 2021 12:07:08 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Type casting syntax | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.internals |
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Hey Max,
On Sat, 10 Jul 2021, 11:09 Max Semenik, <maxsem.wiki@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been thinking about extending PHP's cast syntax to user-defined types,
> e.g. not only (int)$foo but also (MyClass)$foo. Currently, a T_STRING in
> parentheses is always treated as a constant - would it be acceptable to
> hijack this syntax when used in unary operation context, i.e. "(" T_STRING
> ")" expr? If not, any other alternatives?
>
How is this any better than
MyThing::fromStuff(...), with proper tested
and domain-specific semantics?
>