Re: Type casting syntax

IMHO, This is suger which leads to diabetes. It adds pure implicitness without any payback. To convert object into something else add appropriate method. On Sat, Jul 10, 2021, 3:07 PM Marco Pivetta <ocramius@gmail.com> wrote: > 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? > > > >