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by Tomek_ 5631 days ago
But still not as elegant as: echo "Ciao mondo"->it_to_en(); would be.
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viraptor 5631 days ago
It's only elegant until you have two libraries which want to add `foo` to a `Bar`. Then you're in the world of pain compared to writing `lib1->foo($myBar);`
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Tomek_ 5631 days ago
Actually I agree, I'm rather against giving programmers ability to extend native objects at free will, but I'm still for strings being objects in PHP, or even having "everything-is-an-object" approach there.
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steveklabnik 5631 days ago
I'd rather have the common case be gorgeous and have the uncommon case require a some workaround, than have every case look like crap.
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