Nobody wants to turn PHP into Java.
But, even if I agree for generics (or templates), I would like to know
where is the border line.
Classes, exceptions, interfaces, traits, type hinting in parameters = OK
Type hinting in object properties, type hinting of returned values, type
templating = KO?
On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 10:59 PM, Nikita inefe...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello, list. I want to propose generics. For those, who don't know what it
is, here's example: say we have a Comment class, that has a method getBody.
Also we have Collection class, that implements Traversable. Now, if I want
Dear internals,
I really like the way Nikita describes the implementation. It is very
consistent and easy to read. At least for me it is.
I must say I'm very excited to see this implementation coming to PHP
Kind regards,
Chris van Dam
Op 20-10-12 11:52 schreef Nikita Popov
Stas,
On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Stas Malyshev smalys...@sugarcrm.comwrote:
Hi!
Hello, list. I want to propose generics.
Please no. If you need Java, you know where to find it. Java has a set
of great tools, great books, great community. And it's completely free.
Anybody who needs
Hi,
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Anthony Ferrara ircmax...@gmail.com wrote:
Stas,
On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Stas Malyshev smalys...@sugarcrm.comwrote:
Hi!
Hello, list. I want to propose generics.
Please no. If you need Java, you know where to find it. Java has a set
of
Am 22.10.2012 um 21:44 schrieb Anthony Ferrara ircmax...@gmail.com:
This is not about turning PHP into Java. Can we get over that old rhetoric
already? Instead of bashing proposals like this, can we discuss them,
instead of this hatred for all things strict?
With that aside, I have mixed
On Tue, 2012-10-23 at 00:57 +0200, Christian Schneider wrote:
Basically it means that you type more (redundant) stuff to allow the
compiler to check some errors.
Which we can't do due to PHP's dynamic nature. For the engine to take
benefit from it we'd have to change the language.
All we
Especially if the ability was afforded to arrays as well (function
foo(arrayBar $array){})...
This would require O(n) runtime tests, I would definitely not go there.
Actually, it does not require O(n) runtime tests. The solution is
simple: store the type when it is created. Whenever an
