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rfc:generics [2016/04/25 14:58] – note about generic constructors mindplayrfc:generics [2018/06/02 17:33] (current) – add github link mindplay
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   * Status: Draft   * Status: Draft
   * First Published at: http://wiki.php.net/rfc/generics   * First Published at: http://wiki.php.net/rfc/generics
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 +**NOTE:** a newer version of this RFC may be under development [[https://github.com/mindplay-dk/php-generics-rfc|on GitHub]].
  
 ===== Introduction ===== ===== Introduction =====
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 The first example is able to infer the type argument ''T'' as ''Hat'', because the type alias was used to type-hint the argument given for the ''$content'' parameter. The first example is able to infer the type argument ''T'' as ''Hat'', because the type alias was used to type-hint the argument given for the ''$content'' parameter.
  
-The second example results in a ''TypeError'', because the type parameter ''T'' was explicitly defined as ''string''. (Note that, if we had not used ''declare(strict_types=1)'', and if ''Box'' had implemented ''__toString()'', this would have been acceptable, due to the default behavior of weak scalar type-checking.)+The second example results in a ''TypeError'', because the type parameter ''T'' was explicitly defined as ''string''. (Note that, if we had not used ''declare(strict_types=1)'', and if ''Box'' had implemented ''<nowiki>__toString()</nowiki>'', this would have been acceptable, due to the default behavior of weak scalar type-checking.)
  
 Note the addition of ''func_type_args()'', which returns a list of type-hints pertaining to the current generic function call or constructor invocation. This complements ''func_get_args()'' by providing the list of type-arguments as fully-qualified class-names. Note the addition of ''func_type_args()'', which returns a list of type-hints pertaining to the current generic function call or constructor invocation. This complements ''func_get_args()'' by providing the list of type-arguments as fully-qualified class-names.
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 TODO: decide whether or not [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounded_quantification|bounded polymorphism]] should be supported. TODO: decide whether or not [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounded_quantification|bounded polymorphism]] should be supported.
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 +=== Multiple Constraints ===
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 +TODO: decide whether or not multiple constraints should be supported, e.g. with a Java-like syntax:
 +
 +<code php>
 +class A<T> where T is T1, T is T2 {
 +    // ...
 +}
 +</code>
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 +This may relate to the [[https://wiki.php.net/rfc/union_types|union types RFC]] - if implemented, it may be more natural to expect support for union types as bounds.
  
 ==== Autoloading ==== ==== Autoloading ====
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