Re: __toString()
| From: | Marcus Boerger | Date: | Mon, 15 Dec 2003 17:32:35 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: __toString() | ||
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Monday, December 15, 2003, 1:28:41 PM, you wrote:
> Guys,
> We have had this discussion before. There are two extremes to this issue.
> The first is to always require the explicit __toString() call and the
> second is to never require it and have all places in PHP whether it's
> str_replace(), (string)$obj, $arr[$obj] to automatically convert to string.
> The latter is problematic because it propagates to far too many places and
> causes too much magic in my opinion.
> I think the right trade off is to automatically convert it with "print" and
> with concatenation. All the rest will require explicit calling.
> It might not be your dream but it's a realistic approach.
helly Mon Dec 15 11:59:21 2003 EDT
Modified files:
/php-src/tests/classes tostring.phpt
/ZendEngine2 zend.c zend_object_handlers.c zend_object_handlers.h
Log:
Reenable __tostring() magic for print,echo,concatenation,function naming...
but not for other internal things.
(...)
Guys,
please try php-cvs version and report any problems (or dislike) as soon as
possible.
regards
marcus