Re: [Pre-RFC Discussion] User Defined Operator Overloads (again)

On Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 6:52 AM Bilge <bilge@scriptfusion.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, 16 Sept 2024, 15:28 someniatko, <someniatko@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On behalf of all struggling PHP developers who would like to implement >> patterns like Value Objects, with custom equality criterias >> > > I seriously doubt anyone is struggling without this, unless you care to > provide proof to the contrary. I think this is "nice to have" at best, and > in that regard, probably disproporional to the effort required to support > it. > > Cheers, > Bilge > Perhaps. I would like to point out that (somewhat to my surprise) the PHP reddit thread about my original RFC which was declined had about 2/3 community approval in the straw poll: https://www.reddit.com/poll/rv11fc I do not disagree that operator overloads as a feature is a specific tool for a specific problem, and people can ALWAYS make method calls instead of use operators. But it seems clear to me that there are a great many developers who feel the feature will help them write more understandable/maintainable/capable code. The people "struggling" without this are people trying to develop extremely technical and niche libraries (like myself). It is a "nice to have" for most people, but I do not believe that diminishes the number of developers I've talked with before and after my previous RFC who were wanting this feature. Jordan