[Xapian-devel] Problem with overloading add type casts of numeric strings in PHP bindings

[Olly Betts]

On Tue, Feb 14, 2006 at 12:03:48AM +0100, Mikael Johansson wrote:
> Overloaded methods are mapped in PHP to their implementation (_SWIG_0, 
> _SWIG_1, ..) based on the types and number of arguments the user supplies. 
> However, if one overload accept a string and another an integer the 
> bindings fail to separate them since PHP treats numeric strings much the 
> same as integers.

I've responded in bugzilla (short version: should be fixed in SVN):

http://xapian.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=68

> Other than that the new bindings with emulated overloads are great, much 
> kudos.

All the credit is due to Kevin Ruland, who's recently taken on the role
of SWIG PHP maintainer.

Cheers,
    Olly