On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 5:52 AM, Craig Duncan <p...@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. -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
