No offense, but before even thinking about operator overloading support, really useful and crucial stuff like namespaces or Unicode support should be tackled first.
David > -----Original Message----- > From: Terje Slettebø [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 11:18 PM > To: internals@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP 5.1 > > >From: "Jani Taskinen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On Thu, 3 Feb 2005, Terje Slettebø wrote: > > > > > Why would it be ok there, but not in PHP? It also exists in other > scripting > > > languages, such as Python and Perl. > > > > PHP is not Perl or Python or <add-your-favorite-language-here>. > > That's not an argument against operator overloading. The question is why > would it not be appropriate for PHP? Dynamic typing has been mentioned, > and > when I said that it exists in other dynamically typed languages, as well, > I > get the reply that "PHP is not language xxx". What kind of reply is that?! > Ilia Alshanetsky suggested in a posting that the PHP community in general > might not be ready for its safe introduction (i.e. they would typically > misuse it). I hope it's not the case; after all, it's not such an > "advanced" > feature, when several mainstream languages has it. > > Regards, > > Terje > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php