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Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 22:48:59 +0200
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To: Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@sugarcrm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Callable typehint
From: hannes.magnusson@gmail.com (Hannes Magnusson)

On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 22:35, Stas Malyshev <smalyshev@sugarcrm.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
>> See attached patch+phpt; Any objections to include it in 5.4?
>
> Yes, same objections as for other static typing.
>

That was totally not the purpose of this, and I don't quite understand
how you made the connection.

Like I mentioned in the other thread (which I probably should had
repeated here), a lot of libs/frameworks are using the 'Closure'
typehint for callbacks.
The problem with that is a function name as a string and
array("classname", "functionname") are considered is_callable().
To get through the intentions of the Closure hint, I would have to
wrap the actual callback in a closure - which doesn't make any sense.

-Hannes