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Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:57:23 +0100
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To: hakre <hanskrentel@yahoo.de>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] echo new SplFileObject(__FILE__);
From: tyra3l@gmail.com (Ferenc Kovacs)

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On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 4:44 PM, hakre <hanskrentel@yahoo.de> wrote:

>
>
> ----- Urspr=C3=BCngliche Message -----
>
> > Von: Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@sugarcrm.com>
> > Gesendet: 0:00 Mittwoch, 30.Januar 2013
> > Betreff: Re: [PHP-DEV] echo new SplFileObject(__FILE__);
> >
> >
> > __toString is mapped to current() for SplFileObject:
> > http://www.php.net/manual/en/splfileobject.current.php
> >
> > it's not documented for some reason, I think it makes sense to file a
> > docs bug on that.
>
> Thanks for your answer.
>
> I know that there is code in there that does this and I also got into the
> know that it is not properly documented.
>
> I just write this to clarify that I'm more interested in the why it has
> been coded that way.
>
> It does not make much *sense* to me and I want to learn more.
>
> Also I don't mean this explicit technically. I could blame the version
> control, pick the authors name and email that person; however some time h=
as
> passed and more users are using it not only the original author so I ask =
in
> internals first. Just for clarification.
>
>
I would guess the idea was that SplFileObject already implements the
Iterator interfaces and iterating the object would give you the lines of
the file, so echo $object should echo the current line.
But this isn't that strong of an argument, and I think that following
what SplFileInfo does would be more sensible (echoing the filename), but
I'm not sure change would worth breaking BC for.

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Ferenc Kov=C3=A1cs
@Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu

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