Re: Scalar type hinting

+1 on that. However, I believe the coder should also have the option of determining whether this should be recoverable or not, just like they have a choice with regard to using "include" or "require" (one fails gracefully, the other terminates execution). That's where I think strong/weak could be very useful. Here's how I would do it: weak int $a = "House"; // Throws E_WARNING strong int $a = "House"; // Throws E_RECOVERABLE_ERROR In both cases, the error can be caught, which would mirror the flexibility in languages like C#. However, if the weak one isn't caught, the warning is thrown but the script proceeds as normal. If the strong one isn't caught, the script will terminate as if it was an E_ERROR. I think this would be the most sensible approach in terms of balancing simplicity and flexibility. --Kris On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Michael Morris <dmgx.michael@gmail.com>wrote: > Agreed. If conversion can occur without data loss (that is, if the > value being assigned is == the value that actually IS assigned) then > no error should occur. > > So > > int $a = "1"; // no error. 1 == "1" so who cares? > int $a = 'House'; // error 0 != 'House', so this is a problem. > > Again, errors should only raise if the final value != source value. > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Rick WIdmer <vchkpw@developersdesk.com> > wrote: > > On 2/28/2012 2:58 PM, Kris Craig wrote: > > > >> strong int $a = "1"; // Converts to 1. May or may not throw an error > (I'm > >> still on the fence). > > > > > > It this is an error, it is no longer PHP. > > > > > > -- > > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >