Hi! > Joe Watkins wrote (for fun) a new operator, `addressof`. Code is > here: https://github.com/krakjoe/php-src/compare/addressof > > I think it makes more sense than a new method on all objects. You could
Nobody talks about "new method on all objects" (it's also not really possible in PHP). We're talking about new magic method, which allows the developer to control how class is treated when used as hash key. Note it is not always the same as object's identity - you may want two GMP numbers with value of "1" actually refer to the same key in the hash, just like two numbers 1 do. > use it for any kind of value: scalar, resource, object. Building an > array of sockets, for example, would be very easy with such an operator. Building an array of sockets is easy right now. Same with array of any variables. What is not easy is using socket as an index, but why exactly would you want to do that? > It would also give better tools to deal with situations such as: > > $test = 1; > $test2 &= $test; Why it is the situation that must be dealt with? -- Stanislav Malyshev, Software Architect SugarCRM: http://www.sugarcrm.com/ -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
