Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:115385 Return-Path: Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 58123 invoked from network); 10 Jul 2021 11:44:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO php-smtp4.php.net) (45.112.84.5) by pb1.pair.com with SMTP; 10 Jul 2021 11:44:37 -0000 Received: from php-smtp4.php.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by php-smtp4.php.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D1F61804DB for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2021 05:07:22 -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-oi1-f180.google.com (mail-oi1-f180.google.com [209.85.167.180]) (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 05:07:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-oi1-f180.google.com with SMTP id u66so10335168oif.13 for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2021 05:07:21 -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=+H7+gHuYW0pSLVyDopUruSvvjiWBq3hrp1jnoFX5E9A=; b=LXDnY7wmc+/RvK1kIfRx7an2VHlPGWEIlRgK3X7/dAEvqy5Ha3fHWJSaDiTaF2Hk/c 1NFxogY8Bq8xogSCXCDMpp/pw600TubU65lijIViRos9oWl2M/AVhTF78lHMDU/hfScc 6xy3l1XmUj3QiWMmGoicMhrSfesrq+IwJy/XcJzlStKyK8JQcWq5DPbF4Xty2BNYEgL4 DmnupB5xsugLSTVRJg+R8kNVQNWra+qzjM/ACmkQ1jupg959OOofL5BVHr5zQkVqANtN 9/uMC6rm/vghtL0jtd+FcYwqK6iF2tYU0/etkb57/4cWsMWOkUY+STNvAbXY852yGKfb j2gA== 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=+H7+gHuYW0pSLVyDopUruSvvjiWBq3hrp1jnoFX5E9A=; b=gM1JNPdCsMVN8JGlLQd0vimHru1gJh/vVpHCzhFqy/Z57iAVENUlCaBc4gkO1nmh2b Mm8JoKvAfIsGqEqqz4pZfomeD2dPzg2O6R3Hq3U3Av6ShUxs97G4B2qZdD7yjM2ZKRNp xSBWEkV5fbSAxUvhofWsfC4jgKMRnCeVxv8mOkAUmbComfzHCIDTTqKKKaBQ9ICGXc5v Gk7zdirfdOZ8wkIN273dVAz42pbjo6RH78MJ3Ow9oZrI1kBzsKqm8yEF2zJSEMtJ6bDb sOpnRvBq8IVbNL7ZEiUOVQvwIKgpPC+rkhIyHYwdZTAzo/gguLMiY+dYnhoE8P1I2O5u WiQg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532/LfLH+HiC2VFgTk5ngAqRyKS3KRQi4K0LhPvcJwM10bYZlfeu HEAGgVwInd4z9WZe2Ccd3mxp23FRY+MeyPDWOZM= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzWKwfJr9oupoymjuQncGbHss9EsimK4QtZf5s4w1vAWlVACFFS7/SgAt7QfuVqDC/xhiT1V6jmijJWvOOvG4o= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6808:a0b:: with SMTP id n11mr3170883oij.143.1625918840385; Sat, 10 Jul 2021 05:07:20 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2021 14:07:08 +0200 Message-ID: To: Max Semenik Cc: Internals Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000ea34aa05c6c3ba7a" Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Type casting syntax From: ocramius@gmail.com (Marco Pivetta) --000000000000ea34aa05c6c3ba7a Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hey Max, On Sat, 10 Jul 2021, 11:09 Max Semenik, 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? > How is this any better than `MyThing::fromStuff(...)`, with proper tested and domain-specific semantics? > --000000000000ea34aa05c6c3ba7a--