On Thu, Jan 03, 2008 at 10:13:22PM -0000, Amir Abiri wrote:
> So the bottom line is that it seems to me that what would be really useful is
> not strict type
> hinting, but more like "Juggling hinting". i.e differentiate between an "OK"
> type juggle and a "bad"
> type juggle. Silently perform the first, while emit a small notice or warning
> for the later.
+1
But silently perform the juggle on the value when it enters the function, so it
does not
need to be done many times again:
function SumToN(int $n)
{
for($tot = 0; $n > 0; $n--)
$tot += $n;
return $n;
}
$total = SumToN("10"); // Perform check and then silent juggle
$total = SumToN(10); // Perform check but juggle not needed
$total = SumToN("ten"); // Perform check and emit an error (somehow)
The error is better emitted at the point of function call rather than having
to put a check within SumToN()
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