Hi!
If you're going to go that far, why not make a flyweight enum type?
(Basically what's described here: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?FlyweightEnum
)...
Right now, it's a hack to get typing in place to let you pass an
integer where a class is defined (the public function foo(MyEnum
$enum) bit). If you used a flyweight, you could literally type-hint.
Again, it looks like you are trying to introduce strict typing into PHP.
I do not think it's a good idea, for the reasons I described at length
in previous discussions, but you're free to try.
However, I don't see how changing the language to make it easier to do
partial backdoor strict typing is a good idea. Bringing Java as an
example only supports this point.
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