i'll try to answer both Marcus and Wez here:
> Where is the big difference (first is postfix syntax, second is prefix syntax). the difference is between whether you have to change *lots* of existing code or do exactly *one* cast in new code while you write it: $timer = (Timer) $MI_obj; library_call_1 ($timer); library_call_2 ($timer); library_call_3 ($timer); etc... what i am proposing here is that the cast would "stick" when object references are passed around or assigned to. the reference $var would implicitly "remember" the class it has been cast up to. reasonable enough? > And as we have no typesystem we cannot use typecasting but another solution. no typesystem huh? we do have classes, right? so we do have a typesystem, and just because a variable's type is hidden from the programmer most of the time doesn't mean it isn't there. btw, PHP already has the (new_type)$var cast syntax - you can do $var = (int)$var for example. so we wouldn't really be adding a new construct, but rather extending an existing one. so, Wez - why would you want to introduce yet another cast operator - the "as" keyword? while PHP already has adopted the C-style (new_type)... operator? lauri -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
