Req #69571 [NEW]: type hinting not possible in use clause of closures

From: thomas+php at koch dot ro Operating system: PHP version: 5.6.8 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:type hinting not possible in use clause of closures Description: ------------ I would have expected that I can use the same type hinting in the 'use' clause of a closure as in the parameter list. It's not a bug since it's not documented to be working but it's an issue in consistency. Test script: --------------- <?php $a = function() use ( stdClass $b) { return 'hi';}; echo $a(); Expected result: ---------------- hi Actual result: -------------- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'stdClass' (T_STRING), expecting '&' or variable (T_VARIABLE) in [...] on line 2 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69571&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69571&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69571&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69571&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69571&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69571&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69571&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69571&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69571&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69571&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69571&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69571&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69571&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69571&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69571&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69571&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69571&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69571&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69571&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69571&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=69571&r=mysqlcfg