On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Alain Williams <a...@phcomp.co.uk> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 12:25:22PM -0400, Anthony Ferrara wrote:
>
>> IMHO, strict hints are dangerous in the context of PHP because PHP's
>> types can change in unpredictable ways. A variable that was an integer
>> can turn into a float through seemingly integer operations. Example:
>> $a / $b * $b will result in a float unless $b divides $a (even though
>> for sane values of $a and $b, it will be exactly representable as an
>> int).
>
> But if you have:
>
> function foo(int $a) {
> ...
> $a = 3 / 2;
> }
>
> What do you expect $a to contain ? I would suggest integer 1.
I would expect the same result as 3.0 / 2.0, as would most every new programmer.
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