On Saturday, 17 August 2024 at 22:27, John Coggeshall <j...@coggeshall.org> wrote:
> As it seems to me there isn't a particularly strong argument for why we don't > allow __toString() , would anyone have a strong objection to getting an RFC > going to get this voted on? I didn't look closely at the original PR from the > "auto implement __toString()" for string-backed enums, but I think this might > literally be a one-liner just to enable enums to implement __toString() and > the rest can be tossed. I would vote against such a proposal because I fundamentally disagree from a language design principle. I do tend to agree with Rowan that Stringable and the __toString() magic method overall is.... less than ideal. Best regards, Gina P. Banyard
