Re: [Discussion] is_string(), string type and objectsimplementing __toString()
| From: | Fleshgrinder | Date: | Wed, 08 Mar 2017 18:39:47 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [Discussion] is_string(), string type and objectsimplementing __toString() | ||
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On 3/8/2017 7:36 PM, Andrea Faulds wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Andrey Andreev wrote:
>> The question is rather "is this value a string?", only with the added
>> assumption that __toString() objects are treated as "string objects"
>> and thus fulfill the condition (another reason why I went for an
>> is_string() parameter).
>
> This is a faulty assumption. The presence of __toString() doesn't mean
> the object is a string, or intended to be used like one.
>
What is it then in your book?
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Richard "Fleshgrinder" Fussenegger