Re: PHP 5.1 - operator overloading

>From: "Stanislav Malyshev" <stas@zend.com> > TS>>No, you don't have to go that far. For starters, one could allow function > TS>>(and possibly operator) overloading, based on type hints. The following is > TS>>legal PHP5: > > That will already open the can of worms. And make each function call to go > through all the hoops of signature matching. Yes, that is a concern, especially when it's done at run-time. > TS>>overload resolution. However, how much on an impact this would have on > TS>>execution speed remains to be seen. > > Exactly. Do you have any base to claim the speed impact would not be > serious? Bring it forward. No, which is why I said that it "remains to be seen" what impact it would have, which means I'm not claiming anything one way or the other. > TS>>It was a reaction to the oft-mentioned argument that essentially says: "We > TS>>don't need more advanced features." I got that feeling when you said "Using > > Nobody ever said "we don't need more advanced features". You know > perfectly it is not true. What was said is that we probably don't need > *this particular* feature. This has no relation to discussion of any other > feature or discussion about having features in general. True. Anyway, there have been requests for ending this sub-thread on overloading, etc., so I suggest that any further discussion, should it be wanted, is done off-list. Regards, Terje