Re: Type hinting - Request for Discussion

Hi Dennis, On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Dennis Haarbrink<dennis@born05.nl> wrote: > The most important thing is that it is _optional_, you have the _choice_ to > use it. Sorry to go a little bit off-topic, but this idea has been bandied around a lot over the last week, and I'd like to respond to it. Although the proposed checks are optional, nobody has a "_choice_" to use a new language feature. Though you may choose not to use a feature in your code for whatever reason, it will appear in code from your colleagues, clients, or upstream libraries. Every feature in PHP will at some point be put in front of every PHP developer. As a result, the argument that "you dont like it, so what, you have a choice not to use it", is simply incorrect. Though at some point the majority may have to overrule the views of the minority, please do not dismiss them out of hand with this logic. Thanks, Paul -- Paul Biggar paul.biggar@gmail.com