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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 15:38:59 +0200
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To: Julien Pauli <jpauli@php.net>
Cc: Patrick ALLAERT <patrickallaert@php.net>, Maxwell <Max@maxvandervelde.com>, 
	Sherif Ramadan <theanomaly.is@gmail.com>, Florin Patan <florinpatan@gmail.com>, 
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Request for comments - new PHP feature: return typing
From: ocramius@gmail.com (Marco Pivetta)

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On 26 June 2013 15:35, Julien Pauli <jpauli@php.net> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Patrick ALLAERT <patrickallaert@php.net
> >wrote:

But what Sherif said proves as well the limits of the idea. PHP is not
> strongly typed. So each check, should it be type hinting or return type
> hinting, has to be done at runtime , which is bad for performances.
>
> Not talking about the type juggling which could lead the programmer as
> shooting himself.
>
> Julien.Pauli
>

What about disabling the check in some environments (prod)? It would work
like an assertion I suppose. (Feel free to shoot at me if you think it's a
bad idea)

Marco Pivetta

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