Re: Scalar type hinting

I agree with Simon on this: On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 08:58, Simon Schick <simonsimcity@googlemail.com> wrote: > I'd like to split this discussion in parts: > >   - just type-hint in functions (as we have it with classes and arrays) or >   bind a variable to a strict type? >      - should it then also be possible bind variables to a specific class >      or interface? >   - should we go for weak or strong types? >      - the type-hint is also weak in one way because it accepts all that's >      compatible with the given type. These make a lot more sense in terms of discussion and those who don't agree on having strong type implemented in the language core would probably see value in type-hinting like we have with classes & arrays (even if here we enter again in a strong vs. weak discussion). I for once agree it can be useful to have type-hinting for the other types, including throwing an error if there's loss of data in conversion. Although I'm not so sure about having strong types... Regards, Daniel Macedo