> On 15 Jan 2015, at 19:52, Andrea Faulds <a...@ajf.me> wrote: > > Sure, weak typing is much poorer than strict typing for error checking. Does > that mean the user should be prevented from having the choice? > > Are you simply opposed to the idea of weak types in general?
Another way to put this: Allow a user to shoot themselves in the foot (use weak types) if they want. Don’t force me to shoot myself in the foot if I don’t want to (give APIs the choice of weak typing, not the user). -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/ -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
