Re: type hinting
| From: | Pierre Joye | Date: | Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:31:20 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: type hinting | ||
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On Feb 6, 2008 5:13 PM, Lukas Kahwe Smith <mls@pooteeweet.org> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Just a suggestion. Maybe make your case analyzing a set of
> representative php applications for calls to the various is*() methods
> (maybe even factoring in assert()). This could help in showing how
> often people are currently forced to write out type checks.
>
> My humble guess:
> isset() comes out on top
> followed by is_array()/is_object()/is_ressource()
> and then nothing for a long time ..
is_int, ctype or brutal (int) are legions, next to my guesses list is
(float) or is_numeric
Cheers,
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Pierre
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