Re: [RFC] Return type-hint

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@sugarcrm.com>wrote: > Hi! > > http://wiki.php.net/rfc/returntypehint >>> >> for the upcoming 5.4 release, I think it would be extremely useful, even >> without the scalar stuff. >> > > > Personally, I see even less point in having strict return typing (please > stop using "hint" terminology, it confuses the whole matter, it's not > "hint" > if it describes mandatory restriction on the data) than strict argument > typing. The RFC doesn't explain it either beyond "here how you can have some > nice errors". > But why would I want to see these errors? How they would make anything > easier or better? > -- > Stanislav Malyshev, Software Architect > SugarCRM: http://www.sugarcrm.com/ > (408)454-6900 ext. 227 > do you aware that without the scalar support, the return type hinting would behave just as "strict" as the argument type hinting is currently. http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.typehinting.php so maybe type hinting wasn't a good name at the first place, but we should be consistent with the current naming convention. Tyrael