On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 10:30:43AM -0300, Martin Scotta wrote: > Hey All, > I'm really interested on this topic. > > What would be the result of this? > > function Foo foo($something) { > if ( $something ) { > return new Foo; > } > // no return implies return null > } > > How do you force to return a Type with null allowed?
That is why I suggested, in addition to the above, a syntax like: function (Foo | NULL) foo($something) { to be able to specify where a function can return more than one type. The 'extra' types/values are nearly always either NULL or FALSE. Regards -- 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