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

Yes, we currently have negative values for invoices and positive for vouchers ... Christoph Becker wrote on 02.02.2015 22:17: > Thomas Bley wrote: > >> Here is a typical billing example which uses exceptions: >> >> <?php >> ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL); >> ini_set('display_errors', 1); >> >> addVat('apples'); >> >> function addVat($amount) { >> if (!is_int($amount) && !is_float($amount)) { >> throw new InvalidArgumentException('Argument 1 passed to >> '.__FUNCTION__.' >> must be of the type int|float, '.gettype($amount).' given'); >> } >> return round($amount*1.19, 2); >> } >> >> Instead of multiple strict scalar hints (e.g. function addVat(int|float >> $amount){...}), I would prefer to have "numeric" as strict type: >> function addVat(numeric $amount){...} > > Have you considered > > addVat(-1); > > -- > Christoph M. Becker > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >