Re: [RFC] Internal operator overloading and GMP improvements

From: Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 19:49:10 +0000
Subject: Re: [RFC] Internal operator overloading and GMP improvements
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Hi! > My main interest here is improving the usability of GMP - the operator > overloading is just a means to that goal. With that in mind, I think it I understand that, but operator overloading is not the GMP-only change. It is a change deep in the core of the engine, and as such should be considered as generic engine change. If you did it confined to GMP module, it would be different. > makes little sense to land just the addition of overloading, but leave > the GMP changes out. That's why I'm doing them both in one :) Hope that > makes some sense ^^ I'm sorry, but I disagree. GMP is one thing, and big core changes - introducing operator overloading - is another. GMP refactoring by itself is rather narrow thing, most PHP users don't even use GMP and don't need it. However, introducing operator overloading for objects in PHP is a huge thing with big implications for the future. -- Stanislav Malyshev, Software Architect SugarCRM: http://www.sugarcrm.com/ (408)454-6900 ext. 227

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