Hi,

On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 11:03 PM, Thomas Bley <ma...@thomasbley.de> wrote:
> Here is a typical billing example which uses exceptions:
>
> <?php
> ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL);
> ini_set('display_errors', 1);
>
> addVat('apples');
>
> function addVat($amount) {
>   if (!is_int($amount) && !is_float($amount)) {
>     throw new InvalidArgumentException('Argument 1 passed to '.__FUNCTION__.' 
> must be of the type int|float, '.gettype($amount).' given');
>   }
>   return round($amount*1.19, 2);
> }
>
> Instead of multiple strict scalar hints (e.g. function addVat(int|float 
> $amount){...}), I would prefer to have "numeric" as strict type:
> function addVat(numeric $amount){...}
>

That is an example where a weak hint to float would be better.

Here's a more appropriate example that I gave in the other thread:
http://marc.info/?l=php-internals&m=142142272705938&w=2

Cheers,
Andrey.

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