RE: [PECL-DEV] Re: String extension proposal

> De : Joe Stump [mailto:joe@joestump.net] > > as a smart man once said, "I disapprove of what you say > (code), but I will defend to the death your right to say (code) it." ;) +1 > I for one would love a unified OO interface for both strings and > arrays as I find them to be more concise. A good example of what I'm > looking for would be: > > $arr = new array('foo'); > $foo = $arr->pop(); Defining String & Array classes is interesting but it would be much better if these objects could remain compatible with native strings and arrays. Combining this with a smart use of return_value_used, it would give something like : $arr=array(' FOO ','bar'); $a2=$arr->reverse(); // $arr is not modified, The reversed array is returned. $arr->reverse(); // $arr is reversed in place $s=$arr->pop(); // returns ' FOO ' $s2=$s->trim()->tolower(); // returns 'foo' $s->trim(); // $s becomes 'FOO' I know it cannot be done as an extension to the current core and implies a mechanism allowing to consider native types as objects (at least to call methods). Please don't reply that it's too complex ot that I'd rather use python/java/cobol(just kidding)... Regards Francois