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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Flexible type hinting
From: ilia@ilia.ws (Ilia Alshanetsky)


On 2-Jul-09, at 9:04 AM, Robert Cummings wrote:

> 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.

Have you using existing array or class type hinting?