I went back and read the lists about why people don't like __to_string() or
__string_value() method.
the arguments were the differences in when
convert_to_string vs zend_make_printable_zval were called differently.
I believe andi isn't against it but wants it implemented good and zeev was all
fo
stratification = stringification
(damn spellchecker)
On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 09:30, Jason T. Greene wrote:
> Perl has this (it's called "stratification"), and it is quite useful.
> One example is that you have an error object that contains various
> properties (line location, error class, error lev
Perl has this (it's called "stratification"), and it is quite useful.
One example is that you have an error object that contains various
properties (line location, error class, error level, error code, etc).
And on evaluating the object as a string, it dumps it as an easy to read
error message.
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At 15:52 16.08.2002, Brad LaFountain wrote:
>I want to throw together a quick hack so that objects can implement a
>__as_string() method that will get called when the string is used in a string
>contex. Instead of append "Object".
>
>$s = (string)$object;
> or
>$s .= $object;
>
>also the same
I want to throw together a quick hack so that objects can implement a
__as_string() method that will get called when the string is used in a string
contex. Instead of append "Object".
$s = (string)$object;
or
$s .= $object;
also the same things with arrays that will do something similar to
