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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] GMP object and is_scalar()
From: yohgaki@ohgaki.net (Yasuo Ohgaki)

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Hi Robert,

On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 6:55 AM, Robert Stoll <php@tutteli.ch> wrote:

> I think __toScalar is way to wage, what will __toScalar() return? a bool,
> an int, a float or a string?


Not all classes should have __toScalar().
Only classes that should be evaluated as scalar should implement this magic
method.

Return values are programmer's choice.
Whatever scalar values may return.

Regards,

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Yasuo Ohgaki
yohgaki@ohgaki.net

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