Re: Re: Flexible type hinting

From:	Rodrigo Saboya	Date:	Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:15:33 +0000
Subject:	Re: Re: Flexible type hinting
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Ford, Mike wrote:

    function func(int $i)
for strict type checking, and
    function func((int)$i)
for coercion aka casting (although now I've seen it written down I'm not so sure! ;).

I had thought about having "weak" and "strong' type checking even before Paul sent his proposal, but I rejected the idea myself for the confusion it might cause because I couln't think of a good syntax. This one actually looks pretty good, it's intuitive and consistent with what the language offers now. Big +1 regards Rodrigo Saboya