Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:58186 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 47092 invoked from network); 27 Feb 2012 20:05:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 27 Feb 2012 20:05:11 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=glopes@nebm.ist.utl.pt; sender-id=unknown Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=glopes@nebm.ist.utl.pt; spf=permerror; sender-id=unknown Received-SPF: error (pb1.pair.com: domain nebm.ist.utl.pt from 193.136.128.21 cause and error) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: glopes@nebm.ist.utl.pt X-Host-Fingerprint: 193.136.128.21 smtp1.ist.utl.pt Linux 2.6 Received: from [193.136.128.21] ([193.136.128.21:50323] helo=smtp1.ist.utl.pt) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id DF/C3-29394-4F1EB4F4 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 15:05:09 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.ist.utl.pt (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32CE17000447; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:05:05 +0000 (WET) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-2.6.4 (20090625) (Debian) at ist.utl.pt Received: from smtp1.ist.utl.pt ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp1.ist.utl.pt [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10025) with LMTP id fHhiDXZt-HLk; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:05:04 +0000 (WET) Received: from mail2.ist.utl.pt (mail.ist.utl.pt [IPv6:2001:690:2100:1::8]) by smtp1.ist.utl.pt (Postfix) with ESMTP id C08677000444; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:05:04 +0000 (WET) Received: from damnation.mshome.net (damnation-air.nl.lo.geleia.net [IPv6:2001:470:94a2:4:7d06:1af1:ea64:2d52]) (Authenticated sender: ist155741) by mail2.ist.utl.pt (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9D20A2007050; Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:04:48 +0000 (WET) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: "Richard Lynch" , =?utf-8?Q?Johannes_Schl=C3=BCter?= Cc: "internals@lists.php.net" References: <41055a3dd36db02d3d09012231787a8d.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com> <4F4BB316.6080600@gmail.com> <2b2726ae802163c88909a8e4e161d246.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com> <1330369748.2159.49.camel@guybrush> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:04:49 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable Organization: =?utf-8?Q?N=C3=BAcleo_de_Eng=2E_Biom=C3=A9di?= =?utf-8?Q?ca_do_I=2ES=2ET=2E?= Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1330369748.2159.49.camel@guybrush> User-Agent: Opera Mail/11.61 (Win32) Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Scalar type hinting From: glopes@nebm.ist.utl.pt ("Gustavo Lopes") On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:09:08 +0100, Johannes Schl=C3=BCter = wrote: > On Mon, 2012-02-27 at 13:05 -0600, Richard Lynch wrote: >> >> I'd have to come up with some OTHER scenario not involving fatal >> error, such as: >> >> strict $db =3D new DB(); > > The example is wrong. The new operator will always return an instance = of > the given class (or there will be an exception). Use > This is not true. The new operator can return NULL. The intl extension = uses this extensively: -- = Gustavo Lopes