Type hints with null default values
| From: | Cristiano Duarte | Date: | Sat, 16 Oct 2004 19:13:51 +0000 |
| Subject: | Type hints with null default values | ||
| Groups: | php.internals | ||
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Hi @ll,
Now that 5.0.3 is out, maybe it's time to bring back that
old problem left in May: type hints and null default values.
This feature was dropped since no one could come with a
reasonable solution.
So, for now, there is no (engine) way to have a parameter that
can only be of some class or null. Am I right ?
The use of null (I know it's not a value it's a type...) is
justified because we don't have a "value" to represent
a NULL OBJECT(or NO OBJECT).
IMO, this is a necessary feature (maybe others thing this way
too) and that's why I brought it back.
Cristiano Duarte