Re: [PHP-DEV] __string_value() crashes with return From: Andi Gutmans (andi <email protected>)
Date: 08/31/00

At 12:35 PM 8/31/00 -0700, Lars Torben Wilson wrote:
>Andrei Zmievski writes:
> > On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Andi Gutmans wrote:
> > > It does because it increases the "what the fuck factor" when it doesn't
> > > work for (string) $obj and I think there aren't really good reasons
> to keep
> > > it. And anyways, I doubt it has reached enough audience (it doesn't
> seem to
> > > be documented) in order for it to hurt backwards compatibility.
> >
> > Either we go all the way and have an ability for object to provide
> > custom handler functions for string conversion, comparison, etc. (like
> > Python), or we remove that functionality totally. Having it halfway
> > would be half-assed.
> >
> > -Andrei
>
>And a pain in the butt to document:
>
>'It does this, but only for this circumstance...and doesn't really
> work like other stuff in the language, because...no, it won't be made
> more consistent...um...'
>
>;)

I nuked it.

Andi 

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