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Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:31:14 +0200
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To: Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@sugarcrm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Pseudo-objects (methods on arrays, strings, etc.)
From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

hi!

On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@sugarcrm.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
>> Having pure object would be not efficient enough and brings its lot of
>> caveats. Also it is important to keep in mind that this idea does not
>> apply only to array but to other types as well.
>
> Same for other types. Just adding -> doesn't make the code
> object-oriented.

Not the point.

> And just bolting -> on top of regular function calls
> because it looks prettier seems meaningless to me. OK, we could make
> $foo->bar() mean bar($foo) - python already has pretty much the same
> idea, after all - but what's the point in it? I don't see any that would
> be worth the effort.

See the other answers, clear APIs, no more argument mess, cleanness.
Those are pretty good selling points and without any kind of BC.

Cheers,
-- 
Pierre

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