Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:109304 Return-Path: Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 54802 invoked from network); 25 Mar 2020 19:11:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO php-smtp4.php.net) (45.112.84.5) by pb1.pair.com with SMTP; 25 Mar 2020 19:11:37 -0000 Received: from php-smtp4.php.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by php-smtp4.php.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DF681804F2 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2020 10:36:19 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on php-smtp4.php.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,FREEMAIL_FROM,HTML_MESSAGE, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-ASN: AS15169 209.85.128.0/17 X-Spam-Virus: No X-Envelope-From: Received: from mail-oi1-f182.google.com (mail-oi1-f182.google.com [209.85.167.182]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by php-smtp4.php.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2020 10:36:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-oi1-f182.google.com with SMTP id t25so2888660oij.2 for ; Wed, 25 Mar 2020 10:36:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=2Qmv1twAMY/PvM3OZxw7Ko6KuF3P8VdI9c7fgtZSPX0=; b=eqiFqpETetkeBNh2DGTG9W723uKkfzqRZa7umVo/slmsxUdR1yEjW1gglDAPQleqOy W97i0WZYCJ/Q8gtfUUivO9B4AkpB8V487RWomyV3GZUtq5TOxmeJhIEQuAMLd7QsYZXy WB0xmkF6njdkjGVyOVnfjOMENPimJyUAKu6Y18Kon++Z8nxwvhIl148w/aCFxaxx1MnJ ULFEegXQOr545/IWR06EPY/A0eET2SaUcPPwaKY5//l03pt/qUgpMw+rRvm7ZAnmtBhy R0hKDTH0HgwQ2Q3REQ8gH8NNbd7+sW94I5rOYDY/BTVede+rjKFMGxX1tWgZEjvhhfGe poMw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=2Qmv1twAMY/PvM3OZxw7Ko6KuF3P8VdI9c7fgtZSPX0=; b=hsbYS1d/sOPTSnmd6FHWwpwTUxl6/zo4KL9R7BEUHZohWSYfoQgOMKl/JmIZ7HJynR K7QtNsdbgs9NkodIzBOemdch7YxtJEzR4p4rwUK9EmrQ88H8NLBCpq3x/BXTCSADYpy3 qHnZkyNkblOtwi9CD2ZBNyywpKlSTDGDnu1TnQiyPQ6lr4ZnSRZiythxXGiiJtBgmYIz WJRJHZZJ/PEMsRMxXiumU80gzZBl1Tz9FfG/izam8Pjf4Qj5ZimmphHt3ybFK2RakybR TCBdqP0XPiU6LWMhDEk608YM/9yV9RCZ4YzdUc2OazJvqXib/xZ72C+je3Wd8nHP4nYP PFHw== X-Gm-Message-State: ANhLgQ1N2NQ7G0vpLF7UNFnl44+bdyG34wmQClrQwIcWgImcJzV7B3wJ 3is/Cf1DLG3okEdXG1rXfYLlXQ6/RznKj1Q7JYc= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADFU+vsO44YCNp6x6ZPndCCqnq0HdebKqVuwSJdNlFvL4GhvKOWveGi689gAM08ncJbUe4MQ0StbSCJ9ls+K716m8oU= X-Received: by 2002:aca:b7c1:: with SMTP id h184mr3331228oif.77.1585157774872; Wed, 25 Mar 2020 10:36:14 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 18:36:03 +0100 Message-ID: To: David Rodrigues Cc: PHP Internals Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000015950a05a1b14e61" Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Class cast From: benjamin.morel@gmail.com (Benjamin Morel) --00000000000015950a05a1b14e61 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Currently PHP supports generic castings like (string), (int), ... maybe i= s > time to allow class castings like (ToClass) $fromObject? I've proposed something similar a year ago: https://externals.io/message/105332 My intention wasn't to create an object from a scalar, nor was it to limit to a class' methods & properties (hardly possible in PHP), but to ensure that the value is an instance of the given class/interface, or throw an exception. My proposal wasn't so well received, though. =E2=80=94 Ben --00000000000015950a05a1b14e61--