Re: Return type hints
| From: | Derick Rethans | Date: | Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:44:45 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Return type hints | ||
| References: | 1 2 | Groups: | php.internals |
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On Sun, 6 Apr 2008, Mike Lively wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 8:41 PM, Felipe Pena <felipensp@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > - PHP types
> >
> > function (string) foo(...) { } // Unicode string too
> > function (object) foo(...) { } // Strict
> > function (array) foo(...) { } // Strict
> > function (bool) foo(...) { } // Strict
> > function (int) foo(...) { } // Accepts numeric string
> > function (double) foo(...) { } // Accepts numeric string
>
>
> If there ever were return type hinting in PHP I don't think it would be wise
> to support PHP Types unless parameter hints were changed to support them.
> It's just inconsistent.
Right, this shouldn't even be on the agenda before we have scalar type
hints. So, perhaps you can make a patch for that first Felipe?
regards,
Derick
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