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Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2021 11:10:40 -0800
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To: Stanislav Malyshev <smalyshev@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] User Defined Operator Overloads (v0.6)
From: jordan.ledoux@gmail.com (Jordan LeDoux)

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On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 10:36 AM Stanislav Malyshev <smalyshev@gmail.com>
wrote:

> And that's one of the reasons I feel so uneasy with this. When reading
> this code: $foo * $bar - how do I know which of the ways you took and
> where should I look for the code that is responsible for it? When I see
> $foo->times($bar) it's clear who's in charge and where I find the code.
> Terse code is nice but not at the expense of making it write-only.
>

I think that something on php.net that focuses on best practices and things
to watch out for could go a long way towards this. In general, when people
search for information on how to do something, if that information isn't in
the PHP manual, they'll end up getting a random answer from stackoverflow.
I'd definitely be willing to put in some work to help on such documentation.

I very much expect that this feature will result in community developed
standards, such as a PSR.

Jordan

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