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Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:23:41 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Return type hinting patch
From: addw@phcomp.co.uk (Alain Williams)

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 02:16:02PM -0400, Sam Barrow wrote:
> 
> Can anyone help me with this?
> 
> Here is the current function declaration rule:
> T_FUNCTION { $1.u.opline_num = CG(zend_lineno); } is_reference T_STRING
> optional_function_return_type { zend_do_begin_function_declaration(&$1,
> &$4, 0, $3.op_type, NULL, &$5 TSRMLS_CC); } '(' parameter_list ')' '{'
> inner_statement_list '}' { zend_do_end_function_declaration(&$1
> TSRMLS_CC); }
> 
> I want to move "optional_function_return_type" AFTER the parameter list,
> but I also need to pass it to zend_do_begin_function_declaration. Is
> this even possible?
> 
> What I'm trying to acheive is this:
> 
> function a($arg1, $arg2) return int {
> }
> 
> Currently:
> 
> function a return int($arg1, $arg2) {
> }

Why note the following (which would be more C like):

	function return int a($arg1, $arg2) {
	}


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