> Maybe I’m missing the point (I’ve never used it) of VarDumper, but isn’t this > type of thing exactly why the `__debugInfo` magic method exists?
I can't speak for the exact reason a library like VarDumper is using casting versus __debugInfo, but in trying to find a substitute this morning, I played with the method you mentioned and found that it can be overwritten by classes and be commanded to not return anything (similar to my __toArray proposal), whereas current functionality prevents overriding casting to an array so casting will always give you insight but users can overwrite __debugInfo and cause unintended effects. I assume that's the reason for not using __debugInfo. -- Steven Wade stevenwad...@gmail.com -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
