Re: RE: Optional scalar type hinting

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Stanislav Malyshev wrote: >> You aren't making it a strict static typed language. All that you are >> doing >> is saying that at certain points (function entry) that the values are >> checked >> and converted to certain types. If within the fuction an argument >> hinted as >> integer is used in a string context, the juggling will still happen. > > So it's basically another way to say (string)? Again, that's not what > was said by other people discussing it. But all that just to save one > (string) inside function? I agree with Stanislav here. For me "type hinting" has nothing to do with "type conversion". Hinting a 'string' expects a string, nothing else, not even an object. If you need this, you need to call the function/method with an explicit conversion. It's a less 'wtf' factor going on. - - Markus -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHfYjI1nS0RcInK9ARAvEwAKC0WhOjaogX+f84rQArW5s071fSDgCgriWl 1+JM1RK46VVFL7Bz8pjjID0= =ORed -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----