Re: [RFC] Scalar Type Hints v0.2

Hi, On 01/14/2015 10:32 AM, Andrea Faulds wrote:

Hi Leigh,

On 14 Jan 2015, at 09:17, Leigh <leight@gmail.com> wrote: I really don't like this behaviour being changed at the call site. If I design a function that I _know_ should only take a string, then I want it to be an error if the user supplies anything else, so that they know they messed up.

I don’t like the idea of being forced to use strict (or weak) type checking because the API author decided as much.

What happens with that code: ---------------- $i = 1; $a = myFunc( $i ); declare(strict_typehints=TRUE); function myFunc( float $f ) {

    return otherFunc( $f );

} function otherFunc( float $f ) {

    ...

} ---------------- As author of strict code I need to replace

    return otherFunc( $f );

by

    return otherFunc( (float) $f );

I'm not sure - if this is what a strict coder wants and - if you find an acceptable way to test your strict code if it works with non-strict code. Regards Thomas