> Le 21/06/2024 à 14:27, Robert Landers a écrit : >> This is why I wanted to work on "as" part of the pattern matching. It >> isn't clear what will happen with the actual pattern matching RFC >> (yet), but being able to do: >> >> some_function_expecting_int($_GET['foo'] as ?int);
I've started drafting a proposal for strict casts - independent of the pattern matching effort, but might be combinable - but the devil's in the details of exactly when the cast should fail, and what should happen when it does. For instance, should cast('abc' as ?int) fail, or default to null? Do we need different syntax for both? I have some thoughts, but haven't quite settled on a full proposal yet. On Fri, 21 Jun 2024, at 13:46, Pierre wrote: > > And how about: > > some_function_expecting_int(\intval($_GET['foo'])); intval($foo) and (int)$foo do exactly the same thing; they're basically just different syntax. > > And moreover, I'd write something like this, but: > > function validate_int(mixed $value): int { ... Which is why I included the word *concise*: it shouldn't be necessary for every user to write or install a custom function for such a common requirement. Regards, -- Rowan Tommins [IMSoP]