Bug #76198 [NEW]: Wording: "iterable" is not a scalar type

From: levim Operating system: PHP version: 7.2.4 Package: *General Issues Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Wording: "iterable" is not a scalar type Description: ------------ The wording suggests that iterable is a scalar type when it definitely is not as neither array nor Traversable are scalar types. Test script: --------------- <?php function f(): \iterable {} ?> Expected result: ---------------- Fatal error: Type declaration 'iterable' must be unqualified in %s on line %d Actual result: -------------- Fatal error: Scalar type declaration 'iterable' must be unqualified in %s on line %d -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76198&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76198&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76198&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76198&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76198&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76198&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76198&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76198&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76198&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76198&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76198&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76198&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76198&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76198&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76198&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76198&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76198&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76198&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76198&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76198&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=76198&r=mysqlcfg