Hello l0t3k, Thursday, September 4, 2003, 2:56:16 PM, you wrote:
>> It's just one of my trivial ideas, that why don't us make it capable of >> arbitrary casting operation rather than limiting it just for string casts? > i agree here. this can be important for external integration e.g. Java and > COM A default __toString() doesn't hinder an extension that interoperates with Java/COM or whatever external objects in anyway to handle their casting as they like. In fact the interface approach would deliver the ability to hide those internal differences so that the user can use the same interfaces for all classes that provide such casting. -- Best regards, Marcus mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php