Re: Re: Flexible type hinting

2009/7/2 Stanislav Malyshev <stas@zend.com>: > Hi! > >>    function func(int $i) >> >> for strict type checking, and >> >>    function func((int)$i) > > Without saying anything on the merits of having both syntaxes, visually I > think this looks much nicer, even with the disadvantage of parentheses > overload. Oh look, auto-casting. And __cast() is excellent, but would be at odds with __toString(). And then having __toBoolean(), __toInteger(), etc. might be a bit OTT. How about __cast($type [,$class]) where $type is one of the T_xxx_CAST constants and class is the required class for a class casting? (See nearly already there!) T_ARRAY_CAST T_BOOL_CAST T_DOUBLE_CAST T_INT_CAST T_OBJECT_CAST T_STRING_CAST -- ----- Richard Quadling Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" I need a car : http://snipurl.com/l4pih ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling