Re: RE: Optional scalar type hinting

Just so anyone who wants it has it, I have attached the last version of my patch. Note that it still issues a fatal error but this can be changed very easily, would take me about 2 minutes. Full specs: Type hinting patch allows for 8 new type hints, in addition to array and class type hinting. - Integers (specified by "int", "integer", or "long") - Floats (specified by "float", "double", or "real") - Numbers (matches integers and floats, specified by "num" or "number") - Strings (specified by "string") - Booleans (specified by "bool" or "boolean") - Scalars (matches strings, booleans, and numbers; specified by "scalar") - Resources (specified by "resource") - Objects (matches any object, specified by "object") The patch specifies a constant, PATCH_SCALAR_TYPE_HINTING, just there to indicate that the patch is installed. On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 20:23 +0100, Derick Rethans wrote: > On Thu, 3 Jan 2008, Stanislav Malyshev wrote: > > > > When the type hint says I want an integer, then only integer should be > > > accepted; no casting should be done. It may give predictable results > > > > Why people that want Java just don't use Java I wonder? PHP never was a strict > > static typed language. > > Broken record perhaps? I am getting a bit tired of this "just use Java > argument", it's perhaps even a bit arrogant. From what I read there is > plenty of people that want type hints for static types - there's a few > patches out there, it doesn't slow down the general case. So why should > we *not* add it? (And yes, I changed my mind) > > regards, > Derick > > -- > Derick Rethans > http://derickrethans.nl | > http://ezcomponents.org | > http://xdebug.org >

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