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Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 16:17:21 +0000 (GMT)
Reply-To: hakre <hanskrentel@yahoo.de>
To: Paul Dragoonis <dragoonis@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] echo new SplFileObject(__FILE__);
From: hanskrentel@yahoo.de (hakre)

=0A=0A> Von: Paul Dragoonis <dragoonis@gmail.com>=0A>Gesendet: 16:54 Mittwo=
ch, 30.Januar 2013=0A=A0=0A>=0A>To be honest, it looks like __toString() wa=
s just added in there for the sake of it without any real thought as to wha=
t casting an entier SplFileObject to a string. This to me implies the entir=
e object( i.e: the entire file ) should be returned as a string rather than=
 aliasing it to a method because why would you cast something to a string i=
f you can call ->current() anyway.=0A=0A=0A>=0A>Since it's been baked into =
the object for some time now it can't even be changed now.=0A=0AWould this =
mean that changing it in PHP 5.5 (or 5.6) would not be an option because of=
 the rules of backwards compatibility?=0A=0A>=0A=0A>I'd try to avoid this c=
asting magic and stick with ->current() if you actually mean it.=0A=0ASo do=
 I. I mean, I often foreach anyway.=0A-- hakre=0A