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Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2020 11:39:44 -0500
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Subject: [CONCEPT][DISCUSSION] Instance as boolean
From: josh@joshbruce.dev (Josh Bruce)

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Link to working draft: https://bit.ly/php-0001 <https://bit.ly/php-0001>

Discussion on implementing a means by which a class instance can =
interacted with syntactically as a boolean.

At this point in the discuss the only means discussed is creation of a =
method (magic or via an interface).

Ability to cast is not ruled out.=20

And, my limited knowledge of PHP at this depth, much less under the =
hood, means there could be a lot of unknown unknowns regarding the ways =
a boolean can be interpreted and interacted with; therefore, those may =
not be covered at this time.

I=E2=80=99m also not liking the overly contrived nature of the samples =
and will improve those over time should interest maintain or increase.

Cheers,
Josh

ps. If you have any feedback or information on social interactions here =
that might help, please do let me know, normally I would have watched =
for a while before putting my foot in - hopefully it doesn=E2=80=99t end =
up in my mouth. :)=

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