Re: type hinting

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Alain Williams wrote: |> Pierre wrote: |> | That can be a good compromise and may make happy the cons camp. |> | However, I would not like to have "11an" returns 0 but raises an |> | error. I can live with "[0-1.]" being converted to integer or float as |> | it is the case now. Even I would rather prefer a strict hinting and |> | let the user of a method or function do the cast (for the reasons |> | explained numerous times in this thread). |> |> Having yet another way of conversion which is different from any |> existing one in PHP scares me really ... | | To accept 'foobar' as integer zero (as with current conversion) would make | a total nonsense of type hinting. I think it would make nonsense of "type conversion", yes. And, as I said before, my vote is for "type hinting", no conversion done. Just consider the examples from Kore or Mikko (references!). Just using hints wouldn't oppose any problems with references. - - Markus -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHgUoM1nS0RcInK9ARAi8aAKC+EDFHjVtDf/bbRx/sNYVLIcfA0ACfRMIa DbPKRQQKPpIeyBZLZY04JZ8= =XuFp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----