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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] GMP object and is_scalar()
From: smalyshev@sugarcrm.com (Stas Malyshev)

Hi!

> Only classes that should be evaluated as scalar should implement this
> magic method.

We already have type convertors. "scalar" is not a type, it's a group of
types. I don't think it makes sense to convert something to an abstract
scalar - it should be specific scalar type.

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