I've been thinking about extending PHP's cast syntax to user-defined types, e.g. not only (int)$foo but also (MyClass)$foo. Currently, a T_STRING in parentheses is always treated as a constant - would it be acceptable to hijack this syntax when used in unary operation context, i.e. "(" T_STRING ")" expr? If not, any other alternatives?
-- Best regards, Max Semenik