After discussing things over the PHP chat on Stack Overflow, I realized I misread and missed the point.
Good suggestion, you have my +1. On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Richard Bradley <richard.brad...@softwire.com> wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Benjamin Eberlei <kont...@beberlei.de>wrote: >> >> > >> > structs as in c# don't have methods, however DateTime has them. so >> > this doesn't work. What you can do is just pass all the data in the >> > constructor and then don't change it, and you have your value type that is >> > immutable. >> > It just requires a bit self control. >> >> On 04 April 2013 23:59, Rasmus Schultz <ras...@mindplay.dk> wrote: >> >> You're right, struct isn't the right word - "value" is probably more >> accurate. > > Actually "structs" in C# can have methods. They are exactly classes with > value type semantics (i.e. pass-by-value, like arrays in PHP). > > I think "struct" would be an ideal name for this feature, as this proposal > matches the C# implementation very closely, and many people will be familiar > with that. > > See the "Structs Tutorial" at msdn for a brief summary of structs in C# - > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa288471(v=vs.71).aspx > > > > Richard Bradley > Tel : 020 7485 7500 ext 3230 | Fax : 020 7485 7575 > > softwire > Sunday Times Best Small Companies 2012 - 6th in the UK > Web : www.softwire.com | Addr : 325 Highgate Studios, 53-79 Highgate Road, > London NW5 1TL > Softwire Technology Limited. Registered in England no. 3824658. Registered > Office : 13 Station Road, London N3 2SB > > > -- > 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
