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Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:50:02 +0400
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To: Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] back to 5.4 alpha
From: indeyets@gmail.com (Alexey Zakhlestin)

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 11:41 PM, Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk> wrote:
> Ilia Alshanetsky wrote:
>>
>> +1, I think that's the most sensible solution for now that would allow
>> us to proceed with 5.4, something we all seem to be in agreement on.
>
> A slight aside here, as I have not be bothering about what HAS been
> implemented typing wise ... A large section of the code a work with passes a
> range of data to functions and classes. If the function gets an integer it
> looks up the record with that id, an array assumes the data is already
> loaded, and perhaps a string value defines that a new record of that name is
> to be created. So I don't want the parameters passed to be tied to a single
> type. Is THAT affected by any of the current typing actions?

both suggested type-hinting strategies are optional.
so, you, as developer, are free to not use type-hinting and accept any
data you like

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Alexey Zakhlestin
http://www.milkfarmsoft.com/