Re: [RFC] Alternative typehinting syntax for accessors

Would the following two be exactly functionally equivalent? public Foo $foo; public $foo { get; set(Foo $value) { $this->foo = $value; } } We should also consider how an author would allow type-hinted properties to accept NULL as a new value, in both proposals. Steve -- http://www.mrclay.org/ On Jan 4, 2013, at 9:41 AM, Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi internals! > > I already brought this up before, but I think the discussion at that time > was not very constructive and largely off-topic, so I'm bringing it up > again. To make sure everything is clear I wrote an RFC document: > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/propertygetsetsyntax-alternative-typehinting-syntax > > This RFC proposes an alternative syntax for typehinting accessors, which > will in particular also allow to typehint properties directly, even if no > accessors are used (public DateTime $date). > > What are your opinions on this? > > Thanks, > Nikita