Re: [RFC] Scalar Type Hinting With Casts (re-opening)

On Jul 24, 2014 10:34 AM, "Patrick Schaaf" <php@bof.de> wrote: > > > The argument saying that it is not the PHP way is somehow incorrect > > > here, given that we already do that for classe. The type jungling > > > makes sense in implementations, as it always was but argument passing > > > and validation have been a source of pain since very long. I could > > > imagine one exception with the "numeric" type, which could accept > > > anything and got converted to integer/numeric values, like "1235ab" or > > > other weird things. > > > > Personal opinion of a nonvoter, just for the record :) > > > > The fact that roughly everybody in the strict-and-validation camp in the recent discussions, adds in a different view on "with the exception of", very very strongly suggests that the strict-and-validation POV is wrong wrong wrong. > I wrote "I could imagine" not "I want or prefer" the numeric one. To me being strict is what I would like to see.