Re: type hinting
| From: | Pierre | Date: | Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:53:56 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: type hinting | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 4 | Groups: | php.internals |
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On Jan 4, 2008 5:53 PM, Pierre <pierre.php@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
Read: othing will prevent you to >do not< use it :)
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Pierre
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