Re: Introducing "Array Of" RFC

Hi! >> I wonder why it is enough for them? Are they all missing something very >> important? >> > To quote someone who's skill and abilities I respect: "Just because > they do it some way in X, doesn't mean it belongs in PHP." That is true. But this is not "just because" - I'm not arguing about any specific syntax or even semantics. I'm talking about all of them not even going in that general direction and still being fine. That makes me question if the need for generics is that great and if they actually are a good fit for a dynamic language, at least in a way that they are presented - i.e. as type checking mechanism, not as code generation mechanism. I could repeat the regular arguments why I think they are not if you'd like - I did it on this list like 100 times and everybody is tired and hating me for that already, but I could do it again on popular request. So it's not the only argument. It is an additional argument providing some perspective. -- Stanislav Malyshev, Software Architect SugarCRM: http://www.sugarcrm.com/ (408)454-6900 ext. 227