> 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?Hi, I proposed something similar a while back, you might want to have a look at this discussion: https://externals.io/message/105332#105367 - Benjamin
