On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 1:12 PM Nicolas Grekas <nicolas.grekas+...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Just so someone has mentioned it... is "Stringable" really the best name > > for this interface? Reddit really didn't like it ;) Some possible > > alternatives: ToString, HasToString, CastsToString. > > > > Naming things... > I'm not sure reddit is the way to lobby php-internals... > I proposed Stringable because it is the most consistent to me: > Traversable, Serializable, Countable, Throwable, JsonSerializable > all are related to some special engine behavior, which this ones also is.
But one could argue that "string" is not a verb like "traverse", "serialize", "count", "throw" etc. Potential alternatives would be Stringifyable (or Stringifiable?), StringCastable, StringConvertible... (Even though I personally have no problem with "Stringable") -- Guilliam Xavier -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
