Re: Introducing "Array Of" RFC

On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Robert Stoll <php@tutteli.ch> wrote: >> >> I would love to get generics as long as typed arrays. And when I say typed >> arrays I mean array which can hold only the elements of said class (not an >> interface). It's not just semantics, it's also optimization that can be >> done when you know that array will hold only elements of the said type. >> (You know how much memory element will take. It'll make a room for >> possible optimizations) >> > > Hm.. I did not understand the RFC this way. It says, "allowing an array of that hinted > type to be passed as an argument", so I assumed it would work with interfaces as well. > And what about sub-types? > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > The RFC supports type-hinting against anything that you can currently type-hint against, just with the addition of [] to say "an array of them."