From b08b3569604066d3fbb02442beaf308391f43d11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: skodak <skodak>
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 07:09:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] MDL-20232 making "object" class extend stdClass - this
 greatly helps with type checking

---
 lib/setuplib.php | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/setuplib.php b/lib/setuplib.php
index f938876c934..65b1f0576aa 100644
--- a/lib/setuplib.php
+++ b/lib/setuplib.php
@@ -39,13 +39,15 @@ define ('DEBUG_ALL', 6143);
 define ('DEBUG_DEVELOPER', 38911);
 
 /**
- * Simple class
+ * Simple class. It is usually used instead of stdClass because it looks
+ * more familiar to Java develpers ;-) Do not use for type checking of
+ * function parameters.
  *
  * @package   moodlecore
  * @copyright 1999 onwards Martin Dougiamas  {@link http://moodle.com}
  * @license   http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
  */
-class object {};
+class object extends stdClass {};
 
 /**
  * Base Moodle Exception class