On 27/02/12 22:52, Anthony Ferrara wrote: > Ferenc, > > Thanks for the comments! Thanks from me, too.
And thanks to you, Anthony if you get to summarise that. >> There were ideas, but they didn't have enough traction. >> IMO we can't have a proper solution without changing the existing behavior >> for complex types, if you implement strict typing for scalars that turns the >> language strict typed, if you add dynamic/weak typing for the scalars, you >> will have an inconsistent implementation. > What behavior would need to be changed for complex types? Adding the > ability to hint/cast between trees? I'm kind of confused by this > bit... I suspect one of the scalars should be complex (= objects?) > I think that's my biggest problem with the dynamics of this list. > Ideas aren't really nurtured as well as they could be. If the idea is > solid, and has an implementation, then it's great. But there are > plenty of seedling ideas that get lost or down trodden-ed simply > because it's not bulletproof... Yes, the noise ratio of this list is quite high. Probably related to its high volume. That makes people faster in discarding ideas as "been there" and generates friction. And low-quality discussions like that don't attract smart people insights, precisely. It's a vicious circle. -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
