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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Return type hints
From: tslettebo@broadpark.no (=?UTF-8?Q?Terje_Sletteb=C3=B8?=)

> Terje Slettebø wrote:
> > The above was a contrived example, meant to illustrate the point. What's
so
> > bad about it? That it doesn't check the return value?
>
> I am not worried about the return value of the method.  I am concerned
> that $this->something is unset yet does not throw a notice.  This is
> only true for properties of objects.  Any other variable in PHP does not
> behave this way.  IMHO, PHP should either initialize that variable to a
> default type and value or throw a notice when you try and use it without
> setting its value.

I completely agree. :) _Then_ I understood you; I thought you meant my
example(code) was "crap"... :)

Another weird thing of PHP's implementation of OO is that propagation of
constructor calls to the base class is not ensured, something I can't for
the life of me understand why, but that deserves its own thread...

Regards,

Terje