Bug #71909 [Ver->Csd]: wrong error for SplFixedArray

From: Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2020 08:04:54 +0000
Subject: Bug #71909 [Ver->Csd]: wrong error for SplFixedArray
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 ID:                 71909
 Updated by:         nikic@php.net
 Reported by:        public at grik dot net
 Summary:            wrong error for SplFixedArray
-Status:             Verified
+Status:             Closed
 Type:               Bug
 Package:            SPL related
 Operating System:   MacOS
 PHP Version:        7.0.4
-Assigned To:        
+Assigned To:        nikic
 Block user comment: N
 Private report:     N

 New Comment:

Fixed in PHP 8.


Previous Comments:
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[2019-12-06 14:55:48] nikic@php.net

This should get fixed in PHP 8, as soon as stubs for SplFixedArray are added.

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[2018-06-16 17:34:19] nikic@php.net

@cmb: I believe since PHP 7.2 we can add type hints, as they may now be dropped in child classes.

However we should not start doing this across the board until such a time as types are no longer
checked for internal functions. Otherwise we'll be duplicating type-checks that zpp already
performs.

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[2018-06-16 17:13:25] cmb@php.net

This is not really a documentation issue, since
SplFixedArray::fromArray() indeed expects an array as first
argument[1].  The actual problem is that the arginfo is not yet
specific enough to reflect this[2].  As of PHP 7.0.0 a more
elaborate API is available[3], but it has been missed to apply it,
and for BC reasons we can't fix this for *methods* in a minor
release, so it'll have to wait for PHP 8.  In my opinion, it would
be okay to improve the arginfo for *functions* for PHP 7.3,
though.

> Another problem with internal functions, is default values for
> arguments.

It seems to me that we should be able to add this information to
the arginfo.

[1] <https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/f2b4ec4bdc595773fb49b7d6ae8942c61f436288/ext/spl/spl_fixedarray.c#L675>
[2] <https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/f2b4ec4bdc595773fb49b7d6ae8942c61f436288/ext/spl/spl_fixedarray.c#L1045>
[3] <https://github.com/php/php-src/blob/PHP-7.0.0/Zend/zend_API.h#L104-L108>

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[2016-03-29 13:07:01] krakjoe@php.net

Another problem with internal functions, is default values for arguments.

I don't know how to fix it ...

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[2016-03-29 12:59:01] krakjoe@php.net

Agree, it's a general problem with internal functions, and their documentation.

I don't see that it can be solved by changing the arginfo though, that would surely break too
much code, wouldn't it ?

The only thing we can do in this, and similar cases, is update the documentation to reflect the
truth about the prototype, I think.

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