Re: Callable typehint

From: Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:31:08 +0000
Subject: Re: Callable typehint
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On Mon, 6 Jun 2011, Matthew Weier O'Phinney wrote:

> The point, though, is that with such a typehint available, we can 
> reduce boilerplate code like the following:
> 
>     public function addCallback($callback)
>     {
>         if (!is_callback($callback)) {
>             throw new InvalidArgumentException();
>         }
> 
> The typehint makes this simpler:
> 
>     public function addCallback(callback $callback)
> 
> which allows us to rely on PHP's native error handling. I, for one,
> would love to see this.

That's the same reason why I wanted scalar type hints....

cheers,
Derick

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