Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:52059 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 9989 invoked from network); 28 Apr 2011 16:10:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 28 Apr 2011 16:10:50 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=addw@phcomp.co.uk; sender-id=permerror Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=addw@phcomp.co.uk; spf=pass; sender-id=pass Received-SPF: pass (pb1.pair.com: domain phcomp.co.uk designates 80.68.91.63 as permitted sender) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: addw@phcomp.co.uk X-Host-Fingerprint: 80.68.91.63 bytemark.phcomp.co.uk Received: from [80.68.91.63] ([80.68.91.63:60682] helo=bytemark.phcomp.co.uk) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id 67/C0-03888-88199BD4 for ; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:10:49 -0400 Received: from freshmint.phcomp.co.uk ([78.32.209.33] helo=mint.phcomp.co.uk) by bytemark.phcomp.co.uk with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QFTng-0002IV-Er for internals@lists.php.net; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:10:44 +0100 Received: from addw by mint.phcomp.co.uk with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1QFTnf-0007d8-R5 for internals@lists.php.net; Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:10:43 +0100 Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:10:43 +0100 To: internals@lists.php.net Message-ID: <20110428161043.GX8496@phcomp.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: internals@lists.php.net References: <4DB923E6.3020307@sugarcrm.com> <4DB98E8A.409@yahoo.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4DB98E8A.409@yahoo.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Organization: Parliament Hill Computers Ltd Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Return type-hint From: addw@phcomp.co.uk (Alain Williams) On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 01:58:02AM +1000, Ben Schmidt wrote: > If PHP were compiled, not interpreted, i.e. less dynamic, there could be > some benefits, as compile-time optimisations could perhaps be built in, and > validations skipped if they were provably unnecessary. But that's not going > to happen any time soon, as far as I'm aware. It has already happened: https://github.com/facebook/hiphop-php/wiki/ It might also be useful for reflection. -- Alain Williams Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. +44 (0) 787 668 0256 http://www.phcomp.co.uk/ Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Registration Information: http://www.phcomp.co.uk/contact.php #include