Re: Request for comments - new PHP feature: return typing
| From: | Marco Pivetta | Date: | Wed, 26 Jun 2013 13:38:59 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Request for comments - new PHP feature: return typing | ||
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On 26 June 2013 15:35, Julien Pauli <jpauli@php.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Patrick ALLAERT <patrickallaert@php.net
> >wrote:
But what Sherif said proves as well the limits of the idea. PHP is not
> strongly typed. So each check, should it be type hinting or return type
> hinting, has to be done at runtime , which is bad for performances.
>
> Not talking about the type juggling which could lead the programmer as
> shooting himself.
>
> Julien.Pauli
>
What about disabling the check in some environments (prod)? It would work
like an assertion I suppose. (Feel free to shoot at me if you think it's a
bad idea)
Marco Pivetta
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