I think the "mixed" identifier is a minor issue but I also don't see it's purpose. If you don't want type hinting then don't write a type hint. It's also tool friendly... Andi
> -----Original Message----- > From: Ilia Alshanetsky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 10:23 AM > To: Stas Malyshev > Cc: internals Mailing List > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] type hinting > > > On 4-Jan-08, at 1:20 PM, Stanislav Malyshev wrote: > > >> layer. It also makes the code far more readable and understandable > >> not the mention help doc generation tools that interrogate the code. > > > > I was under impression that it is good manners to actually document > > your code and not rely on the tools to "interrogate" your code. Of > > course, not everybody has good style, but I don't see much value in > > changing language so that people writing in bad style would feel > > more comfortable. > > If you can offload type documentation you can make better use of your > time documenting the logic of the code, there is something to be said > about self documenting code especially when doing things like WSDL > generation. > > Ilia Alshanetsky > > > > -- > 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
