Re: type hinting

To add another two points to Stefan's argument. Type hinting does not remove the need to filter user input, but it does allow you to safe-guard internal functions (library code etc...) against accidental or internal misuse or improper handling of the data in the front-end layer. It also makes the code far more readable and understandable not the mention help doc generation tools that interrogate the code. On 4-Jan-08, at 11:41 AM, Stefan Esser wrote:

Good Morning everyone, one should not forget that type hinting has some clear advantages the anti type hinting advocates always try to forget... * the code gets smaller because not so many typechecks in every function * because the code gets smaller it is faster executed (userspace typecheck is slower than "engine-space") * without all these type checks the code gets easier to read * with type hints byte code optimizer can optimize the code far better -> faster execution * with type hints static analysing tools that check for bugs/vulnerabilities can perform far better (intra procedural analysis gives more information) Stefan Esser --PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

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