On 04 June 2006 17:18, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:
> I think if we implement a way to get a hash from an object,
> or at least
> a unique identifier that can be used as a hash, then it should be
> implicit just like other things are implicitly converted when the
> context is clear. Of course, you should also be able to force it
> explicitly. And I don't think there is any point in doing
> this unless
> we also implicitly go the other way. From unique identifier
> to object.
> As in:
>
> class foo { function bar($arg) { echo $arg; } }
> $obj1 = new foo;
> $obj2 = new foo;
>
> $a = array($obj1=>1,$obj2=>2);
> foreach($a as $k=>$v) {
> $k->bar($v);
> }
>
> Unless this works, I am not sure there is any point to all
> this. To me
> the end goal is to make it possible to use types other than strings
> and numbers as array indices which to me also means we should
> look at doing
> the same for arrays.
Thank you Rasmus, that was my exact concern too. Unless this works as you've
specified, I'd be -1 for anything but explicit $a[(string)$b].
Cheers!
Mike
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