Re: Re: [RFC] Strict type hints (parameter and return value)
| From: | Sam Barrow | Date: | Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:31:03 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: [RFC] Strict type hints (parameter and return value) | ||
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On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 09:18 -0700, Chris Stockton wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 9:01 AM, Sam Barrow <sam@sambarrow.com> wrote:
>
> > I like this alot better too, the only downside is compatibility
> > problems.
>
>
> Can you explain, I understand; in partial the problem but I am curious what
> can not be solved through added logic?
function int() {
}
PHP won't know if this is a return type hint or function name. This
specific case might be solvable with added logic though, I really don't
know how to do it or how hard it would be; alot of this is done in the
parser which I am only slightly familiar with.