Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:44645 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 31838 invoked from network); 2 Jul 2009 13:03:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 2 Jul 2009 13:03:48 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=robert@interjinn.com; sender-id=unknown Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=robert@interjinn.com; spf=permerror; sender-id=unknown Received-SPF: error (pb1.pair.com: domain interjinn.com from 66.11.173.122 cause and error) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: robert@interjinn.com X-Host-Fingerprint: 66.11.173.122 unknown Received: from [66.11.173.122] ([66.11.173.122:51893] helo=interjinn.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id 1E/43-16153-330BC4A4 for ; Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:03:47 -0400 Received: by interjinn.com (Postfix, from userid 5001) id 5C82138C113; Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:03:37 -0400 (EDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on gruknuk.suds X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=7.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 Received: from [192.168.1.3] (blobbie [192.168.1.3]) by interjinn.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9676F38C043; Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:03:36 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4A4CB074.1010000@interjinn.com> Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:04:52 -0400 Organization: InterJinn User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090608) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ilia Alshanetsky CC: Lukas Kahwe Smith , Paul Biggar , PHP Internals , Derick Rethans , Stanislav Malyshev , Hannes Magnusson References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Flexible type hinting From: robert@interjinn.com (Robert Cummings) Ilia Alshanetsky wrote: > Paul's proposal is some part does not make sense because it allows > weak type hinting, which should not be used if you need type hinting. > The whole idea about type hinting is definition of strict interfaces, > not loosely based one. That's just my opinion, which admittedly I feel > fairly strongly about. It's a hint, not enforcement. IMHO hinting about something is not strict, it's a suggestion. Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP