I'd like to also ask people to read what the intended effect of the proposal
is instead of going into abstract discussions about how casting one class to
another doesn't make sense (this is not what's being proposed).
Just like PHP typehints look like static typing but *aren't*, the same way
the fact this looks like a static cast *doesn't* make it so. A dynamic
language can't have static casts, and I'd think this is obvious to
everybody.
Instead, I'm adapting the principle so it fits with existing PHP behaviors
and patterns.
Syntax which looks like static typing is fine by me as well. Examples:
ClassName $foo = expression();
foreach ($list as InterfaceName $item) { ... }
etc.
The only operation done here is validating the variable is a valid instance
of this type. No transformation is happening.
Stan
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