Req #70184 [NEW]: New reserved words for Scalar Types need to be case sensitive

From: lauren at laurenblack dot co dot uk Operating system: CentOS 7 PHP version: 7.0.0beta2 Package: Scripting Engine problem Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:New reserved words for Scalar Types need to be case sensitive Description: ------------ For PHP 5.3+ we have built a java-like scalar type encapsulation library to provide scalar type hinting. We designed the library to provide the full gamut of context related manipulations that the Java type classes do, as well. Basically, since the reserved words for the scalar types are case insensitive, our enpowered Float, Int, String, etc. classes aren't allowed, which would mean a full rewrite of our libraries. int =/= Int float =/= Float string =/= String Test script: --------------- <?php class Float { public $value; public function __construct (float $float) { $this->value = $float; } public function multiply(float $float): Float { $val = (float) $this->value * $float; return new Float($val); } } $val1 = new Float(2.5); echo $val1->multiply(3.2)->value; Expected result: ---------------- Output: 8 Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Cannot use 'Float' as class name as it is reserved in /var/www/clients/client1/web1/web/test/test.php on line 2 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70184&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70184&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70184&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70184&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70184&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70184&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70184&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70184&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70184&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70184&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70184&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70184&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70184&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70184&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70184&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70184&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70184&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70184&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70184&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70184&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70184&r=mysqlcfg