Re: Scalar type hinting

From: Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:20:06 +0000
Subject: Re: Scalar type hinting
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On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 7:08 AM, Michael Morris <[email protected]> wrote:
> Agreed.  If conversion can occur without data loss (that is, if the
> value being assigned is == the value that actually IS assigned) then
> no error should occur.
>
> So
>
> int $a = "1"; // no error.  1 == "1" so who cares?
> int $a = 'House'; // error 0 != 'House', so this is a problem.

Actually, 0 == 'House' ;-)

>
> Again, errors should only raise if the final value != source value.
>
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Rick WIdmer <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 2/28/2012 2:58 PM, Kris Craig wrote:
>>
>>> strong int $a = "1"; // Converts to 1.  May or may not throw an error
>>> (I'm
>>> still on the fence).
>>
>>
>> It this is an error, it is no longer PHP.
>>
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