this one looks much more intuitive. Tyrael
2009/7/2 Ford, Mike <m.f...@leedsmet.ac.uk>: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Lukas Kahwe Smith [mailto:m...@pooteeweet.org] >> Sent: 02 July 2009 14:05 >> To: Ilia Alshanetsky >> Cc: Paul Biggar; PHP Internals; Derick Rethans; Stanislav Malyshev; >> Hannes Magnusson >> Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Flexible type hinting >> >> >> On 02.07.2009, at 15:02, Ilia Alshanetsky wrote: >> >> > Personally, I am uncertain about +int or -int in general, IMO that >> > compromise will eventually be identical to numeric an cause >> endless >> > confusion for the users between (+/-)int and int. The reason I >> used >> > a completely different name is to prevent confusion. >> >> >> I do not see the risk for confusion as being high. >> Like I said, I havent made up my mind on this proposal, however for >> now Paul mainly asked for feedback in the general concept, not >> necessarily on the syntax. > > Interesting discussion. Not sure where I stand on this one, but I > definitely don't like the [+-]int syntax. Even before Paul's proposal > came out, though, I was thinking that I'd want to consider leveraging an > existing well-understood syntax, so I could write > > function func(int $i) > > for strict type checking, and > > function func((int)$i) > > for coercion aka casting (although now I've seen it written down I'm not > so sure! ;). > > I don't see the need for another option beyond the current > syntax/behaviour -- in my opinion, anything else is documentation and > should be treated as such. > > > Cheers! > > Mike > > -- > Mike Ford, Electronic Information Developer, > C507, Leeds Metropolitan University, Civic Quarter Campus, > Woodhouse Lane, LEEDS, LS1 3HE, United Kingdom > Email: m.f...@leedsmet.ac.uk > Tel: +44 113 812 4730 > > > > To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to > http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
