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Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2009 19:45:27 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] weak and strict type checking RFC
From: david.zuelke@bitextender.com (=?utf-8?Q?David_Z=C3=BClke?=)

On 04.07.2009, at 14:27, Derick Rethans <derick@php.net> wrote:

> So I would propose to:
>
> 1. have ilia's strict typing patch (minus scalar and numeric)
> 2. have a patch that also adds for casting type hints from your RFC.
>
> Those could (and should) be considered as *two* new features.
>
> As for syntax, I believe the following would be best:
>
> function add_user(string $name, string $phone_number, (int) $age)  
> { .. }
>
> because:
> 1. the casting type hint "(int) $var" is used for normal casting  
> already
> 2. the strict type hint "int $var" is already used for class names

+1