Re: Scalar type hinting

From: Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:44:31 +0000
Subject: Re: Scalar type hinting
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On Mon, February 27, 2012 4:34 pm, Kris Craig wrote:
> I think this is the main reason for differentiating between "strong"
> (or
> whatever word is appropriate) and "weak."  The developer may very well
> want
> their script to blow-up in such a case.

I believe I actually "get it" now...

You want 3 layers:

$a = "1"; //current kosher unchanged
weak int $a = "1"; // some E_x error level
strong int $a = "1"; // some E_y error level where E_y > E_x

Is that a correct summation?

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