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  1. Heaps o' Fun

    yes, I'm still doing the tutorial. : )

    Did you know ...?

    PHP Code:
    <?php

    class alphaHeap extends SplHeap{
        public function 
    compare$a,$b ){
            return 
    strcmp$b,$a );
        }
    }

    $alpha = new alphaHeap;

    # IN put:
    $alpha->insert'cat' );       // C
    $alpha->insert'dog' );       // D
    $alpha->insert'boy' );       // B
    $alpha->insert'elephant' );  // E
    ...

    Updated 12-23-2012 at 09:09 PM by traq

    Categories
    PHP coding , Off beat topics
  2. Not My Type... : )

    Yes, the tutorial is still coming. It's big. It's in progress.

    I read this recently and was intrigued. Don't know if anyone else would care or not ...

    The author, nikic, does a great job summarizing the difficulties and potential benefits of type hinting, as well as giving a good explanation as to why PHP's implementation is incomplete. Personally, I look forward to being able to type-hint any type. It could save me a lot of code validating args, and I could ...

    Updated 12-01-2012 at 04:48 AM by traq

    Categories
    PHP coding , Off beat topics