Typehints (was Re: [PHP-DEV] Annoucing PHP 5.4 Alpha 1)

On Wed, 11 Aug 2010, Johannes Schlüter wrote: > On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 00:03 +0200, Kalle Sommer Nielsen wrote: > > type hinting > > For the record: I consider the current implementation as (one of) the > biggest mistakes in the last ten years. I will try to sum up my view point once more: 1. right now we *have* strict type checks for classes and arrays in the form of "classname" or "array" 2. the strict scalary type hint patch reuses this same syntax in the form of <type-name> to do the same thing in function arguments 3. we have casting type hints in the rest of the code in the form of "(int)". Some people don't like strict typehints, but the syntax as it currently is regarding type hints is *consistent*. Now, to allow both strict and casting hints, the logical step seems to be, to give the weak typehint advocates their tool as well: 4. We add casting typehings to function arguments in the form of "(int)" so that that is consistent as well. We would need to figure out whether we want: a. warnings on conversions (my choice) b. no warnings This: - keeps the syntax consistent - allows both strict and weak typehints Should make everybody happy (enough), right? regards, Derick -- http://derickrethans.nl | http://xdebug.org Like Xdebug? Consider a donation: http://xdebug.org/donate.php twitter: @derickr and @xdebug