Re: Scalar type hinting

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 9:00 AM, Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk> wrote: > Both provide something that a large number of people did not or do not > want anything to do with. > I disagree - The majority of PHP developers I've discussed this with are in favor of adding *something *like this. Do a majority want this? I have no idea and, I honestly don't believe you do either. > Namespace was forced on us in much the same way you are currently trying > to force this on us. > Forced? Nobody is forcing anything. Discussions are happening, and possibly a vote in the future. This is the farthest thing from being forced IMO. > Many people who were pursuaded that namespace was a good idea are now > realising that it wasn't and was the thin end of wedge which this > discussion is once again trying to force open. > Many of the popular frameworks have made the changes, or are planning to make the changes, needed to take advantage of namespaces. This, to me, suggests a general acceptable of namespaces. Also - I'm yet to hear a single complaint about namespaces - although again, I've not talked to every PHP developer! (Well.. No complaints other than the namespace separator being a '\' that is) > I have no objections to 'object orientated' as that is how I have always > used PHP, but the BULK of the data I am handling is simply strings which > 'magically' get converted to the format I need. I don't see any use for > 'type hinting' in any form since I NEED to check if a string I get in has > the right data in before I store it in a database field. I don't need to > throw some random error which needs handling ... I just handle the errors > in line as I process the data. My framework helps to ensure what I get in > is right in the first place anyway, so even the in-line checks are probably > redundant nowadays! > I can certainly agree with you here - have I ever absolutely NEEDED this? Nope. Would it get it the way of writing code in certain situations? Yup. But - Does that mean it's not generally useful? Nope! Kiall