Other than just because "yer wrong mate", why did ...
# cfml-generala
Adam Cameron
03/02/2022, 3:36 PM
Other than just because "yer wrong mate", why did I think CFML had nullable return types these days? eg:
public ?Something function getSomethingMaybe()🤷 1
Adam Cameron
03/02/2022, 3:36 PM
I'm poss just having PHP flashbacks I guess (ref: https://www.php.net/manual/en/migration71.new-features.php)
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sknowlton
03/02/2022, 5:11 PMBecause it should have them? 🙂
sknowlton
03/02/2022, 5:12 PM#1 reason why we have so many methods without declared return types
sknowlton
03/02/2022, 5:12 PMpublic beerOrNull functionm
Mark Takata (Adobe)
03/02/2022, 5:48 PMif I have enough beer I return null
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Adam Cameron
03/02/2022, 6:14 PM
It's not something I need often (hence really only trying it today), but I'm combatting some less-than-ideal code, and it would have helped. I hate
returntype="any"Adam Cameron
03/02/2022, 6:15 PM
Ah. I know. I was remembering that CFML added array-of-types ages ago, and getting wires crossed with PHP adding the nullable ones recently.
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