Req #78518 [Opn->Nab]: Why still haven't short syntax / hinting for array/list/assoc/dict?

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78518&edit=1 ID: 78518 Updated by: requinix@php.net Reported by: 6562680 at gmail dot com Summary: Why still haven't short syntax / hinting for array/list/assoc/dict? -Status: Open +Status: Not a bug Type: Feature/Change Request -Package: Arrays related +Package: Scripting Engine problem Operating System: Win10 PHP Version: 7.2.22 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Yeah, programming is hard. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2019-09-09 10:34:42] 6562680 at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Usually we can get from user (from GET/POST parsers) anything. Yes, usually we use validators. But even validators have to know - what is it. Is it an array? (usually building collections, iterate and so on -> that have numeric incremental keys ordered by natsort without misses) Is it an list? (usually PUT requests to batch upload by keys -> that have numeric non-incremental keys non-ordered, can miss some keys) Is it an assoc? (usually grouping with arguments unpacking - you can pass string, array, array of strings, assoc where strings is key and value are bool -> that have at least one string key) Is it an dict? (usually building an Entity object -> that have only string keys) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=78518&edit=1