On Thu, 16 Dec 2021 at 12:21, Andreas Hennings <andreas@dqxtech.net> wrote:
> Methods and functions have searchable and clickable names. Operators don't.
> The "searchable" applies to grep searches in code, but also google
That's one of the reasons why I prefer a magic methods based approach.
function __plus(...){}
can be searched for...and for future scope, something like:
function __union(...){}
is more self-documenting (imo) than:
operator ∪(...){}
> Lack of real parameter overloading
> Unlike C++ (or C?), we don't have real method/function overloading
> based on parameters.
Java is probably a better comparison language than C.
I have a note on the core problem that method overloading would face
for PHP here: https://phpopendocs.com/rfc_codex/method_overloading
But although they both involved the word 'overloading', operator
overloading, and method overloading are really separate features.
> we cannot have the conditional type hints.
btw you can just say 'types'.
Unlike some lesser languages, in PHP parameter types are enforced at
run-time; they aren't hints. I believe all references to hints (in
relation to types at least) have been removed from the PHP manual.
cheers
Dan
Ack