Numeric isnt' a type at all, it's some type of unicorn. Seriously, stop inventing new types because it will not make a language better, instead will give people valid reasons to critisize the language. Either add support for type hinting of all primitive types or don't add it, keep the language as is, but adding these new 'scalar' or 'numeric' is just a horrible idea.
Dmitri Snytkine Web Developer Ultra Logistics, Inc. Phone: (888) 220-4640 x 2097 Fax: (888) 795-6642 E-Mail: dsnytk...@ultralogistics.com Web: www.ultralogistics.com "A Top 100 Logistics I.T. Provider in 2011" -----Original Message----- From: Christian Kaps [mailto:christian.k...@mohiva.com] Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 2:52 PM To: PHPMailingList Subject: [PHP-DEV] Scalar Type Hint Hi internals, someone in the "Return Type Hinting for Methods RFC" thread had the idea of a "numeric" type hint. I will capture this idea and propose a "scalar" type hint. I understand the problem of the current discussion about scalar type hints(int, float, string, double, ...). But there should be a possibility to define a "scalar" type hint to restrict arguments to scalar types. function setName(scalar $name) {} class Foo { public function __toString() {} } setName(1) // pass setName(true) //pass setName('Christian') // pass setName(new Foo) // pass setName(array()) //fail setName(new stdClass) //fail Why this isn't possible? Christian -- 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
