Re: STH and the 3 RFCs

Hi Thomas, On 16 March 2015 at 20:51, Thomas Punt <tpunt@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > >> No, your example would blow up regardless of the caller being in strict mode or weak mode. > > That was the point in my hypothetical example - the library can decide > what mode it wants the user to use (strict or weak) if it wants to. Sticking with that as a theory... function foo ($i) { if(!is_int($i)) { throw ToysOutOfPramException('I need an integer!'); } } We can already do this. Indeed, we do do this. Yes, it *might* be seen as a dick move employing any sort of trick to push strict type hints specifically, but being explicit is quite acceptable. I have code stuffed full of those gems and deployed === checks. So while I appreciate it looks bad, it's nothing all that new to find people taking steps to enforce a strict view of acceptable values. There's a reason why type hints, in some form, have support from the community. Paddy -- Pádraic Brady http://blog.astrumfutura.com http://www.survivethedeepend.com