Hi! > Yes, but it is already possible to call an object's method in array key > context, so in combination with an appropriate interface the same can be > accomplished.
No, it's not possible. It is possible to call object method in an expression, and then use the result of the expression as an array key. But to do that you'd have to check that you're dealing with the object and the call the special method. Looks like you don't understand why PHP has magic methods - since your argument applies to every one of them. Why have __toString if you can just call object method? Why have __call if you could just check if method exists and call a special method if it doesn't? Why have __isset if you could just call special method on an object and pass it the property name? Of course, it's "just sugar". All programming languages are "just sugar" by that definition. > I didn't mean to argue against the RFC, but merely wanted to point out > that one could have object hashes without the proposed magic method > (albeit in a more contrived way). You could have *everything* in a more contrived way. PHP 2 was Turing complete, I am sure. Were we just wasting time these last 15 or so years because everything was done in PHP since then was already possible, albeit "in a more contrived way"? Or maybe there's some value in making the ways significantly less contrived? IMO, that's the whole point of what we're doing here. -- Stas Malyshev smalys...@gmail.com -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
