Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:34414 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 19858 invoked by uid 1010); 4 Jan 2008 17:02:49 -0000 Delivered-To: ezmlm-scan-internals@lists.php.net Delivered-To: ezmlm-internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 19843 invoked from network); 4 Jan 2008 17:02:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 4 Jan 2008 17:02:49 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=sam@sambarrow.com; spf=permerror; sender-id=unknown Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=sam@sambarrow.com; sender-id=unknown Received-SPF: error (pb1.pair.com: domain sambarrow.com from 205.234.132.11 cause and error) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: sam@sambarrow.com X-Host-Fingerprint: 205.234.132.11 scottsdale.servershost.net Received: from [205.234.132.11] ([205.234.132.11:40492] helo=scottsdale.servershost.net) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id E7/69-63281-8B66E774 for ; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:02:48 -0500 Received: from [98.172.154.66] (port=28373 helo=[10.200.100.14]) by scottsdale.servershost.net with esmtpsa (SSLv3:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JApwS-00046m-31; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:02:44 -0600 To: Pierre Cc: Gregory Beaver , Alain Williams , internals Mailing List In-Reply-To: References: <477DB7BF.10201@chiaraquartet.net> <20080104105558.GC7861@mint.phcomp.co.uk> <477E5649.2080104@chiaraquartet.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:01:10 -0500 Message-ID: <1199466070.15292.140.camel@sbarrow-desktop> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - scottsdale.servershost.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.php.net X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - sambarrow.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] type hinting From: sam@sambarrow.com (Sam Barrow) On Fri, 2008-01-04 at 17:53 +0100, Pierre wrote: > On Jan 4, 2008 5:53 PM, Pierre wrote: > > On Jan 4, 2008 4:52 PM, Gregory Beaver wrote: > > > > > But I *don't* want my functions to take an argument of arbitrary type - > > > it is in fact you who are missing the point. A type hint is a poor > > > solution to a real problem that is much more easily solved via simple > > > input validation and graceful error handling. The current situation in > > > PHP provides a much more flexible solution to the same problem. > > > > Unlike our OO strictness (E_FATAL!!), nothing will prevent you to use > > Read: othing will prevent you to >do not< use it :) > So you're saying if you don't like it just don't use it?