Re: Re: RE : [PHP-DEV] Return type hinting patch

On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 09:26 -0700, Chris Stockton wrote: > Hello Sam. > > Would you agree in general the function int name() { syntax is > favored? If you need help working out the grammar for such changes let > me know. This is something that I think would add value to PHP as a > whole and would not mind lending some time for. Yes, this seems to be the most agreed upon. [modifiers] [type] function name() { I'm trying to get this to work in the parser right now, but I can't. Do you know enough to be able to help out with that? > -Chris > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 4:51 AM, Sam Barrow <sam@sambarrow.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2008-04-30 at 12:58 +0200, LAUPRETRE François (P) > wrote: > > > From: Stanislav Malyshev [mailto:stas@zend.com] > > > > > First is that function > > > definition and code is usually written by the same person > in the same > > > (very small) context, and this person has to be somewhat > > > absent-minded > > > to forget what function returns from definition to return > a > > > dozen lines > > > below. Supporting such absent-mindedness with language > constructs > > > doesn't appear appropriate. > > > > > Right, return type hinting is useless in such cases, but it > is interesting when we check whether a method is compatible > with an implemented interface or an extended/abstract class. > In this case, both codes are typically not written by the same > person and specifying the methods' return types in an > interface makes sense. > > This is my number one use, abstract methods that are later > implemented. > > > Francois > > > > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > >