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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Return type hints
From: arvids.godjuks@gmail.com ("Arvids Godjuks")

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Yes it does, and not only for VB developers.
I'm plain PHP developer (with some small Pascal and Delphi background) and I
faced quite a lot situations when named parameters would give me a lot. In
stead had to write some nasty code like

myFunc($param1, $param2, array(), null, $paramX);
myFunc($param1, array(), $param4, $param5, $paramX);

And it wasn't a matter of placing function params in right order - I was
just impossible. Actual alternatives were in writing functions wrappers or
write specialized functions witch were doing the same taks, just didn't made
checks for params.

2008/4/8, Richard Quadling <rquadling@googlemail.com>:
>
> On 08/04/2008, Arvids Godjuks <arvids.godjuks@gmail.com> 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);
> >
> >
>
>
> I think Named Parameters would be nice for VB developers.
>
> It makes a LOT of sense to have this I think.
>
>

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