Re: Type hinting

From:	Zeev Suraski	Date:	Fri, 28 May 2010 06:54:55 +0000
Subject:	Re: Type hinting
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At 08:28 28/05/2010, Tjerk Anne Meesters wrote:

On the other hand, auto-casting used to be my favourite until I glanced over the conversion table; it's not just regular casting, it has different rules. I wouldn't want to be the one going over that table when writing code against a certain API, I should only need to see the documentation.

Tjerk, I think you have a nice idea about E_STRICT, except it makes much more sense with auto-conversion. That is - in case of 'fail' - we'd still convert, and emit E_STRICT (or E_NOTICE). That means that the API developer will always get the type he expects, while the user will be guided in the right direction in a friendly PHPish manner. The conversion table is up for discussion, BTW. If most people prefer that it's more similar to PHP's existing auto-conversion rules (that appears to be the case) we can certainly do that. Zeev