Re: [RFC] Strict type hints (parameter and return value)
| From: | Sam Barrow | Date: | Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:01:18 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] Strict type hints (parameter and return value) | ||
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On Sun, 2008-06-15 at 11:44 +0200, Timm Friebe wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > If anyone wants use type hinting, i believe that it should be strict.
> > Otherwise, it makes more sense to not use it.
>
> I like this generally, but cannot live with the BC issues raised.
> Introducing all type names as keywords will make "class Object", "class
> Integer" and so on give a syntax error.
>
That's actually not true, the patch does not introduce new keywords.
>
> http://www.google.com/codesearch?q=class+Object+lang%3APHP&hl=en
>
> - Timm
>
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