Re: Scalar type hinting

I'll try to find some time tonight to create that for ya. Once this discussion comes together a little bit more and we have at least a vague-ish idea what direction we're moving in, I'll also go ahead and create an RFC as well so we have a conceptual product to build on. --Kris On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Samuel Deal <samuel.deal@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I create a new thread to discuss about Scalar type hinting. > > Following the John Crenshaw proposed terminology: > > - "Strict Typing" means the super strict old C style typing that has > been proven to be ridiculous in this environment because of the obvious > problems inherent in the fact that almost every input is a string. > > - "Weak Typing" means types in the same sense that the PHP documentation > uses types (for example, the docs indicate substr(string, integer), and > substr(12345, "2") == "345".) > > - "No Scalar Typing" should be used to indicate the current system > (where there is no provision for hinting at scalar types.) > > Previous weak typing proposal could be found here : > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/typechecking > > I have no rights to edit the wiki and make a summary of previous > arguments, so if someone could create it... > > > -- > Samuel DEAL > samuel.deal@gmail.com > >