Re: [RFC] Type hints
| From: | Timm Friebe | Date: | Tue, 11 May 2004 13:01:39 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] Type hints | ||
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On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 14:36, Jason Garber wrote:
> Consider this below:
[...]
> class UserClass{
> public static function forName($name, $c = NULL) {
> if(is_null($c))
> //...
> elseif($c instanceof ClassLoader)
> //...
> else
> //Throw an error
> }
> }
>
> Using this method, you can easily solve the issue pointed out above, while
> allowing the type hint to be strict.
Jason, I know how to build a workaround; but this is just kludgy.
Marcus complained in his original mail that he was "annoyed" by the fact
of having to check on a type-hinted parameter being NULL. How about I
suggest I'm annoyed about having to check non-type-hinted parameters in
the way you suggested above?
- Timm