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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] Userspace operator overloading
From: cmbecker69@gmx.de ("Christoph M. Becker")

On 28.03.2020 at 15:57, Johannes Schl=C3=BCter wrote:

> On March 28, 2020 1:25:11 PM GMT+01:00, "Christoph M. Becker" <cmbecker6=
9@gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> This "try left/right" approach is how operator overloading works for
>> internal classes[1], and apparently, it works quite well, as long as it
>> is not overused.
>
> The fact that it works in one or two cases as an implementation detail w=
here the full implementation is controlled by a single group (internals) i=
s no indication for it to work at large.

Fair enough.  But maybe Python, where userland operator overloading
works similar to the proposal at hand, is? :)

Furthermore, it is already possible to do operator overloading in
userland by using the FFI extension[1], and given that operator
overloading appears to be desired by many developers, I'd rather add it
to the language, then having to deal with libraries which do it via FFI.

[1] <https://github.com/lisachenko/z-engine#object-extensions-api>

=2D-
Christoph M. Becker