Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:32781 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 56054 invoked by uid 1010); 15 Oct 2007 16:59:04 -0000 Delivered-To: ezmlm-scan-internals@lists.php.net Delivered-To: ezmlm-internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 56039 invoked from network); 15 Oct 2007 16:59:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 15 Oct 2007 16:59:04 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=stas@zend.com; sender-id=pass Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=stas@zend.com; spf=pass; sender-id=pass Received-SPF: pass (pb1.pair.com: domain zend.com designates 212.25.124.162 as permitted sender) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: stas@zend.com X-Host-Fingerprint: 212.25.124.162 mail.zend.com Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1 Received: from [212.25.124.162] ([212.25.124.162:31677] helo=mx1.zend.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id BA/0D-39149-65C93174 for ; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:59:04 -0400 Received: from us-ex1.zend.com ([192.168.16.5]) by mx1.zend.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:58:53 +0200 Received: from [192.168.16.91] ([192.168.16.91]) by us-ex1.zend.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:38:26 -0700 Message-ID: <4713977E.8040503@zend.com> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:38:22 -0700 Organization: Zend Technologies User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Umberto Salsi CC: internals@lists.php.net References: <7C37FF3A0196094F95430BA95952032211B7C5@s1.mkj.lan> <7C37FF3A0196094F95430BA95952032211B7C7@s1.mkj.lan> <7C37FF3A0196094F95430BA95952032211B7C8@s1.mkj.lan> <7C37FF3A0196094F95430BA95952032211B7CB@s1.mkj.lan> <4712731B.5070501@zend.com> <200710151236.l9FCaPIg014853@icosrv.icosaedro.it> In-Reply-To: <200710151236.l9FCaPIg014853@icosrv.icosaedro.it> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Oct 2007 16:38:26.0459 (UTC) FILETIME=[CF4676B0:01C80F49] Subject: Re: AW: [PHP-DEV] Method overloading by method signature From: stas@zend.com (Stanislav Malyshev) > That's why I developed PHPLint, a PHP parser and validator that performs > a static analysis of the source, ensuring the safe handling of types. In > a word, this tool makes PHP very close to a strong-typed language without > the need to further complicate the interpreter with new features that would > pervert the nature of the language. I think this is better solution than messing with the language :) -- Stanislav Malyshev, Zend Software Architect stas@zend.com http://www.zend.com/ (408)253-8829 MSN: stas@zend.com