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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [PATCH] Optional scalar type hinting
From: helly@php.net (Marcus Boerger)

Hello Sam,

  since the thread turned to autoboxing. You guys may want to have a look at
Pecl/SPL_Types which provides the base functionality to implement autoboxing
already. Right now it provides only a Bool and an Enum class though.

marcus

Thursday, November 15, 2007, 4:27:17 PM, you wrote:

> I found a patch by Derick online to allow for scalar type hinting, and
> made it work with the newest snapshot of PHP 5.3. I also added the
> ability to type hint for resources. I would like to ask that it be added
> to the next PHP release. It allows type hinting for int, float, bool,
> string, resource, and object, I also added the ability to use the
> secondary keywords for all of these types (such as double, real, long,
> etc.).

> It will maintain 100% backwards compatibility, as the type hinting is
> 100% optional, implemented in the same way as array/class type hinting.

> I have the patch on my PC, please let me know where and when i can
> submit it. I'd be happy to do the patching and submission myself, just
> asking for permission here.




Best regards,
 Marcus