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HH\Lib\Legacy_FIXME\string_cast_for_switch

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The rules for coercion when doing a comparison where the RHS is a string are complicated and it's not sufficient to just do straight casts on $value

namespace HH\Lib\Legacy_FIXME;

function string_cast_for_switch(
  mixed $value,
  ?arraykey $first_truthy = NULL,
  ?arraykey $first_zeroish = NULL,
  ?arraykey $first_falsy = NULL,
  dict<arraykey, int> $intish_vals = dict [
],
  dict<arraykey, float> $floatish_vals = dict [
],
): string;

Instead, we need to do some data tracking to convert the input to specifics values to match specific cases under different circumstances.

arraykey instead of string for second arg courtesy of non-transparent enums *

Parameters

mixed $value
?arraykey $first_truthy = NULL
?arraykey $first_zeroish = NULL
?arraykey $first_falsy = NULL
dict<arraykey, int> $intish_vals = dict [ ]
dict<arraykey, float> $floatish_vals = dict [ ]

Returns

string