On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 09:09:40AM -0500, Dmitri Snytkine wrote: > The return type hinting is probably the biggest thing happening in php in a > long time. > Is this too good to be true? > > With return type hinting I can see a huge improvenets in php IDEs in > spotting errors. Also it will be much easier to auto generate wsdl files > when return types are known to a compiler. > These are just to name a couple of important benefits that can come out of > it. > > What I don't see is any discussion of being able to declare the type of > variable, you now, like in Java. > ie: > private \ArrayObject $customers;
That looks like a namespace - I don't like that syntax. > Also, is there an implicit "void" return type? > > I hope that declaring types of variables will be added too because without > it, this feature is not all that useful. If - we do allow variable declaration to specify a type, can we also have a syntax that simply says ''this variable is declared but I am not saying what type it is''. Ie the variable can take any type - just as now. Why ? One thing that I would really like to see in PHP is the ability to force variables in a module to be declared -- AKA perl's 'use strict'. Have the compiler complain if it sees a variable that has not been declared. In a large program the occasional typeo on variable names does happen, catching them with 'use strict' is great! I have proposed this before and people did not like it. Here is to hopeing for a different sentiment. -- Alain Williams Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. +44 (0) 787 668 0256 http://www.phcomp.co.uk/ Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Registration Information: http://www.phcomp.co.uk/contact.php #include <std_disclaimer.h> -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
