Re: What do we need strict scalar type hints for?

On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 7:47 PM, Paul Dragoonis <dragoonis@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Dmitry, > > It's preferred to have flexible scalars, that way we can interchange > between a numerical string or an integer. > > Over defining on such things loses the powerfulness of PHP. So scalar > typehints are detrimental rather than useful. Saying something is a scalar > or not, is useful however! :) > > A use case would be where scalar type hints are detrimental are: > > I implement an API that returns integers for entity ids, like 2,3,4,5,6. > and my web-frontend handles this fine because it's a scalar. Then, you want > to convert entity ids to UUID. This would break your entire web frontend > application since it's no longer "integer" whereas the concept of $id is > good enough. > I don't think this is a good case where strict type hinting is really helpful. > > Did this make sense? > > TL;DR - I am against such proposals. > Now, I'm more interested in opinions of people who like strict type hinting. I prefer weak hints, that follow standard conversion rules, but may be good arguments may change my mind. Thanks. Dmitry. > > Many thanks, > Paul > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Dmitry Stogov <dmitry@zend.com> wrote: > >> hi, >> >> could you please write down few use cases, when strict scalar type hints >> are really useful. >> >> Thanks. Dmitry. >> > >