Newsgroups: php.internals
Path: news.php.net
Xref: news.php.net php.internals:77516
Return-Path: <leight@gmail.com>
Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm
Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net
Received: (qmail 72346 invoked from network); 23 Sep 2014 09:15:31 -0000
Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1)
  by localhost with SMTP; 23 Sep 2014 09:15:31 -0000
Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=leight@gmail.com; sender-id=pass
Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=leight@gmail.com; spf=pass; sender-id=pass
Received-SPF: pass (pb1.pair.com: domain gmail.com designates 209.85.212.174 as permitted sender)
X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: leight@gmail.com
X-Host-Fingerprint: 209.85.212.174 mail-wi0-f174.google.com  
Received: from [209.85.212.174] ([209.85.212.174:57630] helo=mail-wi0-f174.google.com)
	by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP
	id 1B/AA-09206-23A31245 for <internals@lists.php.net>; Tue, 23 Sep 2014 05:15:31 -0400
Received: by mail-wi0-f174.google.com with SMTP id fb4so4422485wid.1
        for <internals@lists.php.net>; Tue, 23 Sep 2014 02:15:28 -0700 (PDT)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
        d=gmail.com; s=20120113;
        h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to
         :cc:content-type;
        bh=wFj8e13jqIsGoKF1l0f5OIlTakS0lc3ow28Wc3s7zrY=;
        b=K+4RwF5KHeSM2GdZl/TqKK2F/9dYYhO2vDQTPoiXlgtA/2w2d7Iwp/WYzQSoktA7Cb
         Qz99b5ojBYKcaW6tRyePVUjLWAuqQPTbvTEg3Mok4YrcH5sRjbtIsBG3gM01SpJzg7yZ
         GH5s4coS+U8PVC2RLKBpWhnzrpQA5s9qguMmN5GiYNbcsut7SZD9rBBLna2dNdfO7PPA
         0bsmbt8WK0MNQXT1tMe2yWrLuk17Eb2pHY18xxh7HwslDWvhjYOt7VO4AV2t8rAGQsYU
         LI7eAT4b9jPTjUb/u+ouYS6aZ3gxrIbwDUfJnGUmugBCuaanI9J395jksAl06Br1Ia0g
         /C3g==
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Received: by 10.194.79.35 with SMTP id g3mr1978138wjx.110.1411463728307;
 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 02:15:28 -0700 (PDT)
Received: by 10.217.55.195 with HTTP; Tue, 23 Sep 2014 02:15:28 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <54213481.8080700@php.net>
References: <CAOg_pRQFYY9rpujHBC8DzaTfJ_3RPnrzpbuBoSRNuS-+A4qPbg@mail.gmail.com>
	<54213481.8080700@php.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 10:15:28 +0100
Message-ID: <CAPwsocGDyT13Se-0AcUon=Q59JEkLX-YPiyXAM+Q9GupYMk0-A@mail.gmail.com>
To: Michael Wallner <mike@php.net>
Cc: Nicolai Scheer <nicolai.scheer@gmail.com>, PHP Internals <internals@lists.php.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Invokation on __toString() for object used as array key
From: leight@gmail.com (Leigh)

On 23 September 2014 09:51, Michael Wallner <mike@php.net> wrote:
>
> Yes, it was removed intentionally (quite a long time ago), like using
> resources as array keys, to avoid hard-to-trace bugs for the user. At
> least that's the reasoning I can remember.

He doesn't want to add the object as a key, he wants to invoke __toString().

Is there really any harm in adding a IS_OBJECT case to
zend_whatever_add_array_element, and checking if it has a __toString?