Re: [Discussion] is_string(), string type and objects implementing __toString()
| From: | Stanislav Malyshev | Date: | Thu, 09 Mar 2017 02:18:27 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [Discussion] is_string(), string type and objects implementing __toString() | ||
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Hi!
> I submitted a GitHub PR* to allow objects implementing __toString() to
> *optionally* pass is_string() validation. More verbose wording of my
> motivation can be seen in the PR description, but here are the main
> points:
I don't think it's right approach. is_* functions check the current type
of the value, not whether it can be converted to another type. If we
need ones that express the latter, we should have different functions.
Also, as already noted, having __toString doesn't mean it returns
something useful.
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Stas Malyshev
smalyshev@gmail.com