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Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 17:28:49 +0100
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To: Ben Ramsey <ben@benramsey.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] __repr() magic method (was Re: Proposal:
 short_var_export($value, bool $return=false, int $flags=0))
From: ocramius@gmail.com (Marco Pivetta)

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On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 5:27 PM Ben Ramsey <ben@benramsey.com> wrote:

> Taking this to a new thread so I don=E2=80=99t derail the `short_var_expo=
rt()`
> thread.
>
> Dik, I like this addition, but I think the name =E2=80=9Crepr=E2=80=9D mi=
ght be confusing
> to PHP developers who aren=E2=80=99t familiar with Python idioms. PHP fun=
ction
> names and coding standards within the community tend to lean more toward
> verbosity than terseness, when it comes to naming things.
>
> Perhaps we should follow the lead of `__toString()` and use
> `__toRepresentation()`? Maybe also introduce a `Representable` interface,
> like `Stringable`? https://wiki.php.net/rfc/stringable
>

Ooof, can we just avoid more magic methods overall? :|

Marco Pivetta

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