Re: Type hints revisited [IllegalArgumentException instead of E_ERROR]

From:	(Marcus Börger)	Date:	Thu, 27 Mar 2003 21:43:20 +0000
Subject:	Re: Type hints revisited [IllegalArgumentException instead of E_ERROR]
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At 19:13 27.03.2003, Andi Gutmans wrote:

At 06:55 PM 3/27/2003 +0100, Timm Friebe wrote:
On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 18:45, Brian Moon wrote:
Ok, sorry, I have been off the ZE2 list for a while (just joined back). Where is there more info on what the type hints do in ZE2. I am
curious as
I wrote the RFC.
Zend/ZEND_CHANGES includes a section about type hints. I suggested allowing NULLs, too, and (following a suggestion by Marcus Börger) implemented a special syntax denoting NULL may also be passed. The implementation probably sucks, leaks memory or does something else which is really evil; it works for me, though:)
I must admit that I am still undecided on the NULL issue :)

So what are your thought's here? I for one do not see any usage in allowing NULL for parameters passed by reference. marcus