Re: [RFC] Scalar Type Hinting With Casts (re-opening)
| From: | Andrea Faulds | Date: | Thu, 24 Jul 2014 14:26:50 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] Scalar Type Hinting With Casts (re-opening) | ||
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On 24 Jul 2014, at 13:20, Simon Schick <simonsimcity@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Conversion is allowed only if data-loss does not happen. There are a few exceptions
>> (objects using __toString, strings containing leading numerics, etc). Here's a table of
>> examples.
>
> But if you look at the table, strings containing leading numbers are
> not allowed.
Good catch, fixed.
> And just as a thought: What about objects where the __toString method
> returns a string like "42"? Would that also be accepted as an
> argument, that just accepts integers?
No it wouldn’t, as that’s not what cast_object does, existing conversion functions do, or what
the patch does at present.
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Andrea Faulds
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