Doc #60900 [Opn->Csd]: Remove the warning in gettype()'s documentation

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60900&edit=1 ID: 60900 Updated by: frozenfire@php.net Reported by: nicolas dot grekas+php at gmail dot com Summary: Remove the warning in gettype()'s documentation -Status: Open +Status: Closed Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem PHP Version: Irrelevant -Assigned To: +Assigned To: frozenfire Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-01-28 00:12:01] frozenfire@php.net Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of frozenfire Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=322892 Log: Removed big, obtrusive warning, and replaced it with a short note about using is_* functions for type-checking. Closes bug #60900. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-01-27 10:18:12] nicolas dot grekas+php at gmail dot com Description: ------------ The documentation page for gettype() contains a big warning saying "the returned string may be subject to change in a future version". See http://php.net/gettype But since the release process RFC is now approved, shouldn't this waring be removed a gettype()'s current behavior be marked as stable, for the shake of strict backward compatibility ? See https://wiki.php.net/rfc/releaseprocess Also, the doc says that using is_*() functions is faster than using gettype() because of the string comparison. But a switch(gettype($var)) is way faster than a if (is_*()) ... else if (is_*()) ... Thus, this speed notice is misleading I think. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60900&edit=1