On 11 February 2015 22:41:21 GMT, Lester Caine <les...@lsces.co.uk> wrote: >On 11/02/15 21:46, Andrea Faulds wrote: >> Anthony Ferrara also had his own analysis which showed some of the >problems with weak type hinting, and where strict types can be >beneficial: http://blog.ircmaxell.com/2015/02/scalar-types-and-php.html > >What is the point of using a 'Better static analyzer' when the bulk of >the material being worked with simply can't be processed 'statically'? >The only result of this passing that I can see is that PHP will start >to >develop two completely different code bases. Anthony closes by saying >that is EXACTLY what he will do ...
No, he closes by saying he will use the feature differently in different parts of one code base. Indeed, he makes a specific point about the advantage of having a weakly typed file and a strictly typed file working together. -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
