Re: Iterable Type Hint

From: Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:01:17 +0000
Subject: Re: Iterable Type Hint
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Hi! > I wouldn't call it ad hoc, actually, but more a recognition of what practices > and patterns are now occurring. A few years ago, I'd have type-hinted on array I do not think strict typing is a right way to do it. Strict typing has specific meaning in many languages, including (unfortunately, IMHO) in PHP - that the value has specific type. (Ab)using it to mean "the value conforms to specific multi-type use case" seems not the right way to me, unless we design very different type system from what we have now - but even then we should start with designing it, not with ad-hoc use cases. -- Stanislav Malyshev, Software Architect SugarCRM: http://www.sugarcrm.com/ (408)454-6900 ext. 227

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