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rfc:stringable [2020/01/25 12:13] nicolasgrekasrfc:stringable [2020/05/12 13:38] nicolasgrekas
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   * Version: 0.9   * Version: 0.9
   * Date: 2020-01-15   * Date: 2020-01-15
-  * Author: Nicolas Grekas, nicolas.grekas+php@gmail.com +  * Author: Nicolas Grekas, nicolasgrekas@php.net 
-  * Status: Under Discussion+  * Status: Accepted
   * First Published at: http://wiki.php.net/rfc/stringable   * First Published at: http://wiki.php.net/rfc/stringable
  
 ===== Introduction ===== ===== Introduction =====
  
-This RFC introduces a new ''Stringable'' interface that can be added to classes that implement the ''%%__toString()%%'' method.+This RFC introduces a new ''Stringable'' interface that is automatically added to classes that implement the ''%%__toString()%%'' method.
  
 It has two goals: It has two goals:
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 ===== Proposal ===== ===== Proposal =====
-Goal 1. is to allow using the ''string|Stringable'' union type in PHP 8, to accept both strings and objects that implement ''%%__toString()%%'' //and// declare this interface. This is critically missing currently, on codes that deal with stringable objects: they can't be made type-safe.+Goal 1. is to allow using the ''string|Stringable'' union type in PHP 8, to accept both strings and objects that implement ''%%__toString()%%''. This is critically missing currently, on codes that deal with stringable objects: they can't be made type-safe.
  
-Classes that implement ''%%__toString()%%'' aren'required to declare the interface as that would prevent seamless forward/backward compatibility with PHP 7.+Classes that implement ''%%__toString()%%'' can also declare the interface explicitly. Classes that don't declare the interface explicitly will still declare it implicitly. This allows both forward compatibility and backward compatibility: using a polyfill, classes can declare the interface on PHP 7; and on PHP 8, classes that don't do so will still be compatible with the ''string|Stringable'' union type.
  
-By being simple and without any magic capabilities on its own, this interface is trivially polyfilled on PHP < 8. +Once a polyfill becomes widely available (e.g. [[https://github.com/symfony/polyfill/pull/224|as part of symfony/polyfill-php80]]), code style checkers could be able to enforce declaring the interface when ''%%__toString()%%'' is declared explicitlyfor people that prefer doing so.
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-Once a polyfill becomes widely available (e.g. [[https://github.com/symfony/polyfill/pull/224|as part of symfony/polyfill-php80]]), we can expect code style checkers to be able to enforce declaring the interface when ''%%__toString()%%'' is used. For projects that don't use cs checkersthey'll notice quickly that they missed adding the interface when their users will ask for it if they do.+
  
 Here is the stub declaration of the interface: Here is the stub declaration of the interface:
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 Providing an easy forward-path is the second goal of this RFC. Providing an easy forward-path is the second goal of this RFC.
  
-For reference, [[https://github.com/symfony/symfony/search?q=%22%40param+string%7Cobject%22+stringable&unscoped_q=%22%40param+string%7Cobject%22+stringable|here are some annotations in Symfony]], added by contributions from real-world use cases and that currently cannot be expressed precisely enough using any union types in PHP 8.+For reference, [[https://github.com/symfony/symfony/search?q=%22%40param+string%7Cstringable%22|here are some annotations in Symfony]], added by contributions from real-world use cases and that currently cannot be expressed precisely enough using any union types in PHP 8.
  
 ===== Backward Incompatible Changes ===== ===== Backward Incompatible Changes =====
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 ===== RFC Impact ===== ===== RFC Impact =====
 ==== To Existing Extensions ==== ==== To Existing Extensions ====
-Extensions will need to add the ''string'' return type when they declare ''%%__toString()%%'' methods.+Extensions will need to declare both the interface and the ''string'' return type when they declare ''%%__toString()%%'' methods if they want to pass the ''string|Stringable'' union type.
  
 ===== Open Issues ===== ===== Open Issues =====
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 ===== Proposed Voting Choices ===== ===== Proposed Voting Choices =====
-Accept the proposed interface for PHP 8.0: yes/no+yes/no 
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 +===== Vote ===== 
 +<doodle title="Adopt the Stringable interface as proposed in this RFC?" auth="nicolasgrekas" voteType="single" closed="true"> 
 +   * Yes 
 +   * No 
 +</doodle>
  
 ===== Patches and Tests ===== ===== Patches and Tests =====
rfc/stringable.txt · Last modified: 2020/08/01 23:38 by carusogabriel