Hey Max,
On Sat, 10 Jul 2021, 11:09 Max Semenik, <maxsem.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?
>
How is this any better than `MyThing::fromStuff(...)`, with proper tested
and domain-specific semantics?
>
