Re: Invokation on __toString() for object used as array key

From: Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 09:29:45 +0000
Subject: Re: Invokation on __toString() for object used as array key
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> On 23 Sep 2014, at 10:15, Leigh <leight@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 23 September 2014 09:51, Michael Wallner <mike@php.net> wrote: >> >> Yes, it was removed intentionally (quite a long time ago), like using >> resources as array keys, to avoid hard-to-trace bugs for the user. At >> least that's the reasoning I can remember. > > He doesn't want to add the object as a key, he wants to invoke __toString(). > > Is there really any harm in adding a IS_OBJECT case to > zend_whatever_add_array_element, and checking if it has a __toString? > It'd be great if, for the UString class krakjoe is working on, it could implicitly convert. -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/

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