Really, it's not the most accurate test, to make it more accurate you
would only check parameter variables but I wanted something fast.
These are the calls to the is_* family from a major library. All calls
are within a Class { }. I think this shows several things, a couple I
would like to mention is that is_string is probably just to verify the
argument type in the method calls (as I browsed the sources that is
what it's use was), null being similar, but that use cannot be
alleviated really. The is_array calls are surprising considering that
we have array type hinting, as I browsed through it was used for a lot
more then argument parsing. The non-surprising one for me was the 4
calls to is_scalar.This library would probably have ~300(String) + ~110(Int) ~40(Resource) ~30(Bool) ~10(Float) = 500 less function calls, and much cleaner code if there was type hinting. is_array: 508 is_string: 316 is_null: 121 is_numeric: 102 is_int: 81 is_resource: 44 is_bool: 36 is_object: 34 is_integer: 24 is_float: 14 is_callable: 6 is_scalar: 4 I understand a lot of the "Karma" having people not liking the idea, but there is more then one feature in PHP I am sure people don't agree with. Bottom line all stubbornness should be put aside and look to see if it would improve the language use and appeal to a large user base, at the same time without causing pain to people who don't wish to use the extra functionality. Just my opinion. -Chris On Feb 6, 2008 7:31 AM, Pierre Joye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > HI Sam, > > On Feb 6, 2008 2:33 PM, Sam Barrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 14:20 +0100, Derick Rethans wrote: > > > On Wed, 6 Feb 2008, Sam Barrow wrote: > > > > > > > On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 09:31 +0100, Derick Rethans wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I still we should add simple static typehints (ie. just the types that > > > > > we use in the manual) - and they should behave in the same way as the > > > > > other type hints that we laready have. > > > > > > > > True, but we have to consider the fact that we don't have enough support > > > > on that side. > > > > > > This is not some election campaign were you change what you believe in > > > just to go get followers. So no, I will not take that into > > > consideration. > > > > > > Derick > > > > When did I change my opinion. I'm putting forth a compromise that may be > > able to make both sides happy. If we can all agree to a scalar type hint > > I don't see anything wrong with that. > > A scalar type brings none of the advantages of a full set of type > hints. I see zero gain to scalar in comparison to what we have now. > I'm still in favor of having all types available. > > Cheers, > > ps: nobody wants you to "shut up", it is an open list. > -- > Pierre > http://blog.thepimp.net | http://www.libgd.org > > -- > > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
