Re: Type hinting - Request for Discussion

2009/7/10 Alain Williams <addw@phcomp.co.uk>: > > Just to add a little fuel to this fire, should we allow the specification of return > type of functions, eg: > >        function int Factorial(int $num) {...} > > What about things that return FALSE on error, eg fgets(), something like this: > >        function (string, bool) fgets(resource $handle, int $length) { ... } > > I suspect that it makes things too complicated. > > -- > Alain Williams > Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. > +44 (0) 787 668 0256  http://www.phcomp.co.uk/ > Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Registration Information: > http://www.phcomp.co.uk/contact.php > Past chairman of UKUUG: http://www.ukuug.org/ > #include <std_disclaimer.h> > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > This would be the perfect pairing. A library utilizing strict/enforced types would surely want to indicate explicitly the return type. -- ----- Richard Quadling Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling