Re: Type hinting
| From: | Lukas Kahwe Smith | Date: | Thu, 27 May 2010 11:07:48 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Type hinting | ||
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On 27.05.2010, at 12:59, Ilia Alshanetsky wrote:
> Zeev,
>
> Auto-conversion does not validate input to the function/method, it merely
> obfuscates the "wrong" input by converting it to desired type resulting in a
> potentially un-expected value. I must say I am completely against the
> auto-conversion hint idea.
the current proposal is quote the opposite from obfuscation since it would alert the user if the
conversion would imply data loss.
regards,
Lukas Kahwe Smith
mls@pooteeweet.org