Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:36863 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 73113 invoked from network); 8 Apr 2008 09:17:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 8 Apr 2008 09:17:50 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=krister.karlstrom@arcada.fi; sender-id=pass Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=krister.karlstrom@arcada.fi; spf=pass; sender-id=pass Received-SPF: pass (pb1.pair.com: domain arcada.fi designates 193.167.33.246 as permitted sender) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: krister.karlstrom@arcada.fi X-Host-Fingerprint: 193.167.33.246 hipper.arcada.fi Received: from [193.167.33.246] ([193.167.33.246:40705] helo=hipper.arcada.fi) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id AC/E8-22202-B383BF74 for ; Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:17:49 -0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (juuri.arcada.fi [193.167.33.38]) by hipper.arcada.fi (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m389Hino031452 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 12:17:45 +0300 Message-ID: <47FB3830.2080907@arcada.fi> Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:17:36 +0300 Reply-To: karlstrk@arcada.fi Organization: Arcada Polytechnic User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: internals Mailing List References: <1207539695.5736.42.camel@pena> <8d7b8c130804062157j60871630r6c3b27c4d3245cb9@mail.gmail.com> <1207576676.5331.49.camel@felipe> <47FA507D.2070108@cschneid.com> <10845a340804071346m251eae49j907b4a6ca7c607be@mail.gmail.com> <47FA94B2.6050704@cschneid.com> <9b3df6a50804080202n456fc08blfef3e70034d95c1c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9b3df6a50804080202n456fc08blfef3e70034d95c1c@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.91.2, clamav-milter version 0.91.2 on hipper.arcada.fi X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Return type hints From: krister.karlstrom@arcada.fi (=?UTF-8?B?S3Jpc3RlciBLYXJsc3Ryw7Zt?=) Hi! This is maybe getting a bit out of topic now, but what about function/method overloading using type hinting: function myfunc(string $data) { } function myfunc(int $data) { } function myfunc(myClass $data) { } This currently causes an error in PHP 5.2.5 that function myfunc() can't be redeclared. This would in my opinion be very useful for methods in classes. Greetings, Krister Karlström, Helsinki, Finland Arvids Godjuks wrote: > I think type hint's would be good optional functionality. Those who need > will use it, others will not. I'd probably use it in some cases. Especially > if named parameters are implemented. > > Sometimes what I really want is named parameter pass like > > function myfunc(array $array, string $string = null, int $someint = 0){ > } > > myfunc($myArray, someint = $mySomeInt); > -- * Ing. Krister Karlström, Zend Certified Engineer * * Systemutvecklare, IT-Centralen * * Arcada - Nylands Svenska Yrkeshögskola * * Jan-Magnus Janssons plats 1, 00550 Helsingfors, Finland * * Tel: +358(20)7699699 GSM: +358(50)5328390 * * E-mail: krister.karlstrom@arcada.fi *