Re: Generics proposal

Am 22.10.2012 um 21:44 schrieb Anthony Ferrara <ircmaxell@gmail.com>: > This is not about turning PHP into Java. Can we get over that old rhetoric > already? Instead of bashing proposals like this, can we discuss them, > instead of this hatred for all things strict? > > With that aside, I have mixed feelings on this. … and while it might not be about turning PHP into Java it might still be worthwhile to read a bit about experiences with Generics in Java: http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=299081 Basically it means that you type more (redundant) stuff to allow the compiler to check some errors. And while type hints and PPP are along the same line I think the main difference is that they put the burden on the declarations, not on the users of an API. That said I'm not even using type hints of PPP and sometimes it would be handy if internal functions would be less strict about their parameters (e.g. debug_backtrace() not accepting two arguments in PHP < 5.4 and return null in that case instead of silently ignoring the extra parameter). - Chris