Re: Resource naming convention

From: Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 11:42:57 +0000
Subject: Re: Resource naming convention
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Stanislav Malyshev wrote: > > ES(>> resource is a valid type. Look at phpdoc/funcsummary.txt and you will > ES(>> find it frequently. > > Can I invent my own type, something like: > gmp_number gmp_add(gmp_number a, gmp_number b) > > or it will be too much? > > The reasons I don't like resource is: > a) not every resource fits, just specific kind or it > b) actually, in the example above a and b can be integers too, function > will deal with that automatically and convert them. I think it wouldn't fit in the already documented scheme. If you look into Rasmus booklet, you will find only int, double, string, array, void, and mixed. If gmp_number is a resource than the return and the argument type should be a resource. -Egon -- SIX Offene Systeme GmbH · Stuttgart - Berlin - New York Sielminger Straße 63 · D-70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen Fon +49 711 9909164 · Fax +49 711 9909199 http://www.six.de

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