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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] Userspace operator overloading
From: ajf@ajf.me (Andrea Faulds)
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Hi everyone,

Johannes Schlüter wrote:
> 
> If we use two methods as well it is a saner design. I won't like it, but lot better than the current one.

Just want to +1 this. Two methods, neither of which are static, seems 
like a cleaner approach to me. I maybe like this better than my 
suggested boolean argument (it certainly looks nicer).

Consider what happens in the current proposal if a class, intentionally 
or otherwise, only supports being on one side of an operator… it will 
produce the same error message as if it didn't support the overload at 
all :(

Thanks,
Andrea