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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Strict type hints (parameter and return value)
From: auroraeosrose@gmail.com (Elizabeth M Smith)

Derick Rethans wrote:
> On Thu, 17 Apr 2008, Felipe Pena wrote:
> 
>> Em Qui, 2008-04-17 às 17:17 +0200, Paul Biggar escreveu:
>>> Hi Felipe,
>>>
>>> Thanks for making the change. This is much more consistent. It remains
>>> that there is no 'scalar' or 'numeric' hint. Are you planning on
>>> including them?
>> No, i'm not planning to do that.
> 
> I don't think scalar is very useful, but I do think there is a case for 
> numeric.
> 
> regards,
> Derick
> 
Scalar is useful if you DON'T want an array or object - but don't care
if you get an int/string/whatnot

Thanks,
Elizabeth