I like the first too, if this can be implemented I think it is a
suitable syntax.
On Sat, 2008-04-26 at 00:13 +0100, Alain Williams wrote:
> public function int doThing(string $foo) { return 1; }
>
> The above is the best (ie omit 'return' or 'returns').
>
> This also is consistent with C and with the way that the manual is written,
> eg:
>
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strlen.php
>
> The only argument is the relative ordering of the keywords.
> We keep 'function' - since that is the way that the language works.
> Things like 'public' we put before 'function' since that is the way that
> it works in PHP 5 objects.
>
> So the only thing to decide is where the type goes:
>
> public function int doThing(string $foo) { return 1; }
>
> or:
>
> public int function doThing(string $foo) { return 1; }
>
> I would favour the first one, this is probably also easier to parse, as
> following 'function' and before '(' you can have:
>
> * 1 word - which must be the name of the function
> * 2 words - the first word is the return type, the second the function name.
>
> If the function returns a reference to something of a particular type, where
> does the '&' go:
>
> public function &int doThing(string $foo) { return 1; }
>
> or:
>
> public function int& doThing(string $foo) { return 1; }
>
> I would suggest the second, ie just before the function name.
>
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