Re: PHP7 and types

On 12/07/15 09:10, Stanislav Malyshev wrote: >> Not completely bogus. At least with typed properties you won't need to >> > actually write the docblocks to have the IDE "hints". It's a minor win >> > for IDE users too. > I don't see "not needing to write docblocks" as a win, quite the > contrary. In fact, in a number of projects I worked with, code without > proper documentation (including docblocks) simply wasn't accepted into > the repository. > > While I don't think this needs to be mandatory, I also don't see major > difference - so you have to write type instead of docblock, you still > have to write something. In addition, the docblock contains a lot more material than just a few types, so one still needs to have one. The main problem with adding types is they become part of the code, while a docblock can simple be stripped. As a 'minor win for IDE users' it is also questionable since the every IDE will need to be re-written to support both methods of working. -- Lester Caine - G8HFL ----------------------------- Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk