Re: PHP 5.1 - operator overloading

TS>>An advantage of function objects in C++ is that they can be used where TS>>functions are expected. Nevertheless, there are some features that can be Depending on what you mean of "expected". You can't use such object as a function pointer, for example. Yes, you can write Object() and make that do Object->operator(). In PHP that won't work, because $object() already has meaning. TS>>used to get something similar, such as create_function(): create_function is entirely different thing. It actually dynamically creates a function (which C++ can't do) which you can call by name. __call handler is much more like - though not entirely - to the operator() concept. -- Stanislav Malyshev, Zend Products Engineer stas@zend.com http://www.zend.com/ +972-3-6139665 ext.115