RE: [PHP-DEV] Scalar Type Hinting
| From: | John Crenshaw | Date: | Thu, 08 Mar 2012 01:14:02 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-DEV] Scalar Type Hinting | ||
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> Now we understand each other fully...
>
> Point taken.
>
> I've withdrawn the parameter hinting RFC.
>
Thanks...and aw crap. I hate feeling like I shut the door on something.
Let's make sure we can salvage as much as possible here:
1. The structure of the patch looked like it was reusable regardless of whether the final syntax
used a typename of a cast, right? Let's not lose that..
2. Examining parameters from this perspective gave some good insight into the behavior of the system
when implicitly converting inputs.
> I truely thank you for helping me understand your concerns. I only wish they could have been
> shared more clearly at the POC phase so we could have avoided this altogether...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Anthony
I'm sorry for not raising the concerns well enough earlier.
John Crenshaw
Priacta, Inc.