Re: could PHP benefit from strict typing?

Although not answering the full question; $myint = 5; $myint = 5 + 5; $mystr = 'single quotes for stuff without a variable'; $mystr = "double quotes for things with have a $variable"; $mystr = "better again to use {$variable} or {$_GET['variable']}"; Basically, double quote implies that PHP should look for, and substitute a $variable in the string, where as single quote mean it's just a string. I imagine if you followed these rules across a large site with huge hits, yes, you'd see some sort of performance gain. Justin French on 16/09/02 10:33 AM, Rob (dillybar1@black-hole.com) wrote: > i was just thinking the other day about loosely typed scripting languages, > like PHP, and pondering > how much extra work the parser must go through to track, test and convert data > types. > > this is one of the key appeals of PHP, so i'm not suggesting PHP should be > strictly typed, i'd hate > that too. But if there were an optional method of using strict typing in > cases where performance is > an issue, could it create a significant performance improvement? > > i was thinking something along the lines of: > > string $mystring = 'hello world'; > int $myint = 5; > $myint = 70; // ok > $myint = 'blah blah'; // error > int $somevar = $myint + $mystring; // error > bool $mybool = 'some string'; // error > $thisvar = 'any type'; // regular, variant typed variable > > it's quite possible i have no clue and this wouldnt help one bit, just a > thought > > > -Rob >