> On Jan 20, 2021, at 10:28, Marco Pivetta <ocram...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 5:27 PM Ben Ramsey <b...@benramsey.com> wrote: >> Taking this to a new thread so I don’t derail the `short_var_export()` >> thread. >> >> Dik, I like this addition, but I think the name “repr” might be confusing to >> PHP developers who aren’t familiar with Python idioms. PHP function names >> and coding standards within the community tend to lean more toward verbosity >> than terseness, when it comes to naming things. >> >> Perhaps we should follow the lead of `__toString()` and use >> `__toRepresentation()`? Maybe also introduce a `Representable` interface, >> like `Stringable`? https://wiki.php.net/rfc/stringable > > Ooof, can we just avoid more magic methods overall? :|
I think that ship has sailed, friend. ;-) Cheers, Ben
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