Re: [RFC] Scalar Type Hints v0.2

Hi Thomas, > On 14 Jan 2015, at 13:04, Thomas Nunninger <thomas@nunninger.info> wrote: > > Sorry, if my mail was not clear. My point was: If I write a library in strict mode and someone > else is using it from his non-strict mode, he can pass an integer to myFunc() without an error. If I > use this integer in my library and hand it over to otherFunc() (in my library) this will fail as > integer is not accepted for float. > > Or did I misunderstood the RFC and there is a casting of the integer to a float when calling > myFunc()? The value would be casted, yes. From the function author’s perspective, there’s no need to worry about strict vs. weak typing: in both cases, you get the type you asked for. Thanks. -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/