Re: Return type declaration and &return.falseforfailure;

On 11.02.2018 at 22:31, Richard Quadling wrote: > DocBook 5.2 now supports multiple types, so, really, the form SHOULD/COULD > be > > <type>int</type><type>bool</type> > > In my opinion, <type>mixed</type> is lazy. We now have scalar type hinting > (though not union type hints which is a shame as that matches the language > itself quite a lot). > > If the documentation can be accurate, then it should be. Well, then we'd have to add NULL as return type to almost every function. IMHO, not really helpful. > On 5 December 2017 at 10:15, Andrew Gromov <andrewgrom@rambler.ru> wrote: > >> I see many changes from anonymous users like this: >> >> - <type>int</type><methodname>preg_match</methodname> >> + <type>int|bool</type><methodname>preg_match</methodname> >> >> >> or this: >> >> - <type>int</type><methodname>preg_match_all</methodname> >> + <type>mixed</type><methodname>preg_match_all</methodname> >> >> >> Formally them correct, but by spirit them is bad (imho). >> >> Accept or reject them? -- Christoph M. Becker