Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:115384 Return-Path: Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 53498 invoked from network); 10 Jul 2021 10:47:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO php-smtp4.php.net) (45.112.84.5) by pb1.pair.com with SMTP; 10 Jul 2021 10:47:34 -0000 Received: from php-smtp4.php.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by php-smtp4.php.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2351A1804DA for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2021 04:10:18 -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-Virus: No X-Envelope-From: Received: from mail-lj1-f171.google.com (mail-lj1-f171.google.com [209.85.208.171]) (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 ; Sat, 10 Jul 2021 04:10:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-lj1-f171.google.com with SMTP id q4so12771282ljp.13 for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2021 04:10:17 -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=AYeUh3nf5Wb7s2cI2tTYNXJt+9O6u9N9aSDQjym4Zfg=; b=m7QH/rjAr81ZUx2DzsMmH4mpzWmrgGgue1mCtxLh3n78p5z+lKV29ZOlaaJ8sSe3U4 PsBjuHEfvDnS9Ox1C9/fgipy42pAbC8+FicoHbuCC7IE/eBSdOSWV0cUWptDIDDfmIuq 7C5LkuLtqJ41QmTviH9BqNj96qEE5K2BJT4BF3ZVKCH7hf1iORr1hJ/nOrS8bZOY/vJt cB0qiiClasbNb/zy1KhcgzcVO6/nvTp4JzNNbiLZBCyLXQnY7YRXg6U4teMjgeXEC8ic 3/0iZaCjSSGO4SVKFBnELEZtqg681DrdYfRTlyuDZU2UukVuhhtrTM2RR9IUAeiYH3Yr xvmw== 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=AYeUh3nf5Wb7s2cI2tTYNXJt+9O6u9N9aSDQjym4Zfg=; b=RA/a9xfWwE6b4oqiKxpS5DsoZuIJDrnPHYo5sqSfU3ntMbVMRgWQeZ3y16UDRtLU6p cHpn5vlG7hVCoZ6D4XxR9R1YasF8qybYsuAC4VcYrq2z/zrZPZCz1qXCT3UBIK0NLCDP ba5DjAHkbMhqAu6QuZFqkWbIVocEd+t1tNjVaeIG/eH00ID4ruAN00IAs8mHwZt2SbTH SAfAuwuqkRQDiNznL2wOV3gjmafuq++zhNXfA0SwRzWtNgtidIiIgJe6lZ8NVVziaPbs nUmaBpdber2A/4nfqz4CFJcd82+kSS6UqQIsfgESWFq5kufkeYPPrPO1hrB7GH5MjXLA ePiQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533kxeSq0E/jumYDUXHdO20NzKRF8rEwayx5LxBe1s+NfdbV3hxU K274XAnqx8tdz+S8QiuOQmv+VDL4rKyPFljSaQPVDMKr X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxZGUm9nKMnGvdtdRSBphfqyusqPkH9qZ9Xq+Lyldx9lgs2t216+A2EX6JiymsXhbTPeaPPDgvTj4tnhtSid4k= X-Received: by 2002:a2e:a307:: with SMTP id l7mr7960354lje.71.1625915415305; Sat, 10 Jul 2021 04:10:15 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2021 13:10:01 +0200 Message-ID: To: Benjamin Morel Cc: Max Semenik , PHP Internals Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000c3a03305c6c2eee8" Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Type casting syntax From: olleharstedt@gmail.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Olle_H=C3=A4rstedt?=) --000000000000c3a03305c6c2eee8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Sat, 10 Jul 2021, 13:05 Benjamin Morel, wrote: > > I've been thinking about extending PHP's cast syntax to user-defined > types, > > e.g. not only (int)$foo but also (MyClass)$foo. Currently, a T_STRING in > > parentheses is always treated as a constant - would it be acceptable to > > hijack this syntax when used in unary operation context, i.e. "(" > T_STRING > > ")" expr? If not, any other alternatives? > > > Hi, I proposed something similar a while back, you might want to have a > look at this discussion: > > https://externals.io/message/105332#105367 > > - Benjamin > Maybe start filling the holes for built-in types? Callable... Olle > --000000000000c3a03305c6c2eee8--