Re: Return type hinting patch

On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 08:27 +0100, Alain Williams wrote: > On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 09:23:17AM +0300, Arvids Godjuks wrote: > > I'm +1 for this syntax > > > > function int myfunction(int $param) > > { > > return $someint; > > } > > > > C/C++ like, easy to understand > > +1 -- least confusion to most people. > > Taking it a bit further, if the function returns a reference (eg to its argument): > > function int &myfunction(int &$param) > > Alternative could be: > function &int myfunction(int &$param) I like this better, I think this would just be a matter of ordering arguments in the parser. > But I think that the first form is better. > > > And bad idea about making a return type "function" - looks very useless and > > will not be used a lot. Work with objects with methods returning an object > > of some kind, then you can do > > > > $object->method()->method2()->method3(); > > > > P.S. I think this thread should be merged with function param type hinting > > because they come together and should be implemented together, > > Sam has done much work on param type hinting, we should thank him for his hard work. > > -- > Alain Williams > Linux Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. > +44 (0) 787 668 0256 http://www.phcomp.co.uk/ > Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Registration Information: > http://www.phcomp.co.uk/contact.php > Chairman of UKUUG: http://www.ukuug.org/ > #include <std_disclaimer.h> >