On 29.06.2011, at 22:20, Paul Dragoonis wrote: > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Ralph Schindler <ra...@smashlabs.com> wrote: >> Correct. >> >> I was hasty in that example, the first was copied & tested (and is reflected >> in the test, as is that variation of what I wrote up.) >> >> Either way, test and patch work in 5_3. > > Doesn't this functionality confuse matters? > > If this patch is added, is there now no difference between instanceof > and is_subclass_of(). If this is the case my question is then why do > we have two methods to do the same thing? > > I thought instanceof was for parent classes + interfaces.. and > is_subclass_of() was just for parent classes.
instanceof is a language construct and only operates on object instances. David
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