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The cast here does nothing: https://git.drupalcode.org/project/drupal/-/blob/00dfe3f40fe48e25a7b9a4c...
DateTimePlus::render() always returns a string (although it does not have a return type declaration).

It was introduced by #3548957: Deprecate ToStringTrait because the method was copied from ToStringTrait.

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prudloff created an issue. See original summary.

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bt dev2 commented
Status: Active » Needs review

I removed the unnecessary cast from DateTimePlus's __toString() method.

I noticed the render() method itself doesn't have a : string return type declared. Do we need to add a : string there?

smustgrave opened merge request !16827

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smustgrave commented
Title: Unnecessary type cast in DateTimePlus » Unnecessary type cast in added from Deprecate ToStringTrait
Status: Needs review » Needs work

Looking at #3548957: Deprecate ToStringTrait

core/lib/Drupal/Core/StringTranslation/TranslatableMarkup.php also appears to have a redundant typecast that could be removed

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bt dev2 commented
Status: Needs work » Needs review

Removed redundant typecast from TranslatableMarkup::__toString()

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smustgrave commented
Status: Needs review » Needs work

phpstorm definitely flagged it as redundant but get a test failure so maybe it was wrong? 

   Link Base (Drupal\Tests\views\Unit\Plugin\views\field\LinkBase)
     ✘ Render null entity
       ┐
       ├ TypeError: Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\TranslatableMarkup::__toString(): Return value must be of type string, null returned
       │
       │ /builds/core/lib/Drupal/Core/StringTranslation/TranslatableMarkup.php:235
       │ /builds/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Utility/Html.php:433
       │ /builds/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/HandlerBase.php:227
       │ /builds/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/field/LinkBase.php:197
       │ /builds/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/field/LinkBase.php:152
       │ /builds/core/modules/views/tests/src/Unit/Plugin/views/field/LinkBaseTest.php:76
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prudloff commented

This probably means the type we document in the docblock is not always respected.

zeeshan_khan made their first commit to this issue’s fork.

zeeshan_khan opened merge request !16955

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smustgrave commented

@zeeshan_khan can you please stop going around opening MRs where ones already exist please.

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zeeshan_khan commented

@smustgrave You're right, I shouldn't have opened a second MR - sorry about that. Closing mine. One thing worth flagging on !16827 itself: it also touched TranslatableMarkup::__toString(), which is what broke LinkBaseTest - that part might be worth dropping from !16827 and tracking separately." Post that as a comment on !16827 or the issue, not as its own MR.

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quietone commented
Issue tags: +Needs title update

The title doesn't make sense to me.

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prudloff commented
Title: Unnecessary type cast in added from Deprecate ToStringTrait » Unnecessary type cast in DateTimePlus
Status: Needs work » Needs review
Issue tags: -Needs title update

I reverted the title.

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jacobupal commented
Issue tags: -Novice

Seems like the novice aspect of this task is complete, current state is "Needs review" which would be better for a more-than-novice person. Removing the Novice tag now to help move things forwards (here in Issue Triage at DrupalCon Rotterdam 2026).

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dcam commented
Status: Needs review » Reviewed & tested by the community

The additional change to TranslatableMarkup::__toString() was removed.

For the sake of being thorough I verified that the output will always be a string. DateTimePlus::render() only returns a concatenated string value. So while the string return type isn't enforced by a type hint it will always be a string as the code exists now.

I don't think there's much else to say about this, so I'll RTBC it.