Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE][RFC] Scalar Type Hinting with Cast

On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Derick Rethans <[email protected]> wrote:
> We can either have casting where:
>
>         function bar(int $foo) { }
>         bar("42");
>
> Means the same as:
>
>         function bar($foo) { }
>         bar((int) "42");
>
> Or we can have it as a strict cast, or we can have it like it currently
> (ie, not at all). I can live with those three options, but not an
> option where casting/checking does something different again.
>

I totally agree with this. I can understand any of the following:

1) function f(int $a) { } == f( (int) $a); -- with NO notices
2) function f(int $a) {} means $a must be exactly type int -- or
recoverable error is thrown
3) current behavior (no scalar type hints)

But a new set of rules that require a 23x7 table to describe what's
going on ... not a big fan.

--
Matthew Leverton