Re: type hinting

On Jan 4, 2008 4:52 PM, Gregory Beaver <greg@chiaraquartet.net> wrote: > But I *don't* want my functions to take an argument of arbitrary type - > it is in fact you who are missing the point. A type hint is a poor > solution to a real problem that is much more easily solved via simple > input validation and graceful error handling. The current situation in > PHP provides a much more flexible solution to the same problem. Unlike our OO strictness (E_FATAL!!), nothing will prevent you to use it. You still like to take care of any kind of types for your arguments (with all associated magical pains and useless tests), you can do it. That's not the case for use who likes to use stronger arguments (and we are talking about arguments only here). Cheers, -- Pierre http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org