i would love to see this expanded aswell (the way type hinting on function
variables was supposed to be), so that it could be
string, int
e.g.
function int test(bool $tester) {
if ($tester) { return 5; }
return 99;
}
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Dmitri Snytkine <
dsnytk...@ultralogistics.com> wrote:
> I never said to make it mandatory, only to make it available. Just like the
> type hinting of function call is optional but not mandatory, which is a big
> advantage over Java in my opinion.
> After all, if you make return type hinting mandatory, it would break 100%
> of
> all existing php scripts.
>
> To clarify I am asking to make type hinting for variable declaration an
> available option.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alain Williams [mailto:a...@phcomp.co.uk]
> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 9:52 AM
> To: internals@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Return Type Hinting for Methods RFC
>
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 03:33:40PM +0100, Sebastian Krebs wrote:
>
> > > private \ArrayObject $customers;
> > >
> >
> > Once more "Why is PHP not Java?"
>
> That comment confuses matters. People use PHP for all sorts of reasons, the
> desire to tighten up in some places, on some occasions, should not be
> treated
> with derision.
>
> Tighter declarations, or any declarations at all, would not be mandatory.
> It
> would
> be something that some projects might want to do. It would be nice if this
> could be
> done on a module but module basis ... eg the implementors of a class
> library
> might
> want to be really strict while allowing the class users to not be strict.
>
> Just because Java has a feature that you appear to not like, does not mean
> that
> others might not want it in some circumstances.
>
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