On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 1:00 PM Levi Morrison <le...@php.net> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 5:52 AM, Craig Duncan <p...@duncanc.co.uk> wrote: > > Hi everybody > > > > Following on from the recent rfc for *count()* ( > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/counting_non_countables) and the one for > *iterable* > > (https://wiki.php.net/rfc/iterable) it would be useful if there was a > > `countable` type hint: > > > > function foo(countable $thing) > > { > > if (count($thing) > 0) { > > # ... > > } > > } > > > > However I think this it is much more useful when combined with > *iterable*, > > maybe something like (arraylike = iterable && countable) > > > > function handle_records(arraylike $result) > > { > > if (count($result) === 0) { > > handle_empty(); > > return; > > } > > > > foreach ($result as $value) { > > handle_value($value); > > } > > } > > > > Does anybody have any thoughts on this? > > Should I bring *countable* to RFC? > > Should I bring *arraylike* to RFC? > > > > Thanks, > > Craig > > It's definitely not doable with the name `countable`. > Class/Trait/Interface names are case insensitive. This means > `countable` already has meaning and it is unambiguously the interface. > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
What's the benefit of such an interface? Why not simply ask for `int $count` in your param list instead?
