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Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2016 13:50:56 +0000
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To: Levi Morrison <levim@php.net>, Craig Duncan <php@duncanc.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Countable Type Hint
From: joshdifabio@gmail.com (Josh Di Fabio)

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On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 1:00 PM Levi Morrison <levim@php.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 5:52 AM, Craig Duncan <php@duncanc.co.uk> wrote:
> > Hi everybody
> >
> > Following on from the recent rfc for *count()* (
> > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/counting_non_countables) and the one for
> *iterable*
> > (https://wiki.php.net/rfc/iterable) it would be useful if there was a
> > `countable` type hint:
> >
> > function foo(countable $thing)
> > {
> >     if (count($thing) > 0) {
> >         # ...
> >     }
> > }
> >
> > However I think this it is much more useful when combined with
> *iterable*,
> > maybe something like (arraylike = iterable && countable)
> >
> > function handle_records(arraylike $result)
> > {
> >     if (count($result) === 0) {
> >         handle_empty();
> >         return;
> >     }
> >
> >     foreach ($result as $value) {
> >         handle_value($value);
> >     }
> > }
> >
> > Does anybody have any thoughts on this?
> > Should I bring *countable* to RFC?
> > Should I bring *arraylike* to RFC?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Craig
>
> It's definitely not doable with the name `countable`.
> Class/Trait/Interface names are case insensitive. This means
> `countable` already has meaning and it is unambiguously the interface.
>
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What's the benefit of such an interface? Why not simply ask for `int
$count` in your param list instead?

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