On 2014-09-23 10:04, Nicolai Scheer wrote: > Hi all, > > until 5 minutes ago I thought it would be perfectly legal to use an object > as an array key, given that its __toString() method is in place. > > Seems as if I was wrong. > I know that array keys are not what is considered "string context" > internally, at least not directly. > > Would it harm in any way to add that feature?
Yes, it was removed intentionally (quite a long time ago), like using resources as array keys, to avoid hard-to-trace bugs for the user. At least that's the reasoning I can remember. -- Regards, Mike -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
