On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:39:55AM +0200, Ferenc Kovacs wrote: > do you aware that without the scalar support, the return type hinting would > behave just as "strict" as the argument type hinting is currently. > http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.typehinting.php > > so maybe type hinting wasn't a good name at the first place, but we should > be consistent with the current naming convention.
Yes, it was a poor choice of words. I think that it should be renamed 'type checking' with a transition note, eg: Type checking (formerly called type hinting) -- 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