Re: Fix for #53727 (is_subclass_of resolution with interfaces)

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 9:22 PM, David Zülke <david.zuelke@bitextender.com> wrote: > On 29.06.2011, at 22:20, Paul Dragoonis wrote: > >> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Ralph Schindler <ralph@smashlabs.com> wrote: >>> Correct. >>> >>> I was hasty in that example, the first was copied & tested (and is reflected >>> in the test, as is that variation of what I wrote up.) >>> >>> Either way, test and patch work in 5_3. >> >> Doesn't this functionality confuse matters? >> >> If this patch is added, is there now no difference between instanceof >> and is_subclass_of(). If this is the case my question is then why do >> we have two methods to do the same thing? >> >> I thought instanceof was for parent classes + interfaces.. and >> is_subclass_of() was just for parent classes. > > instanceof is a language construct and only operates on object instances. > I didn't spot you could pass a string into is_subclass_of() I thought it was only objects. With that in mind it would be good to have subclass_of() include interfaces. > David > > >