Re: Return type declaration and &return.falseforfailure;

On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 4:15 PM, Christoph M. Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> wrote: > On 11.02.2018 at 23:56, Richard Quadling wrote: > >> We should be adding <void> if there is no return value. If a function can >> return null, then that's a valid return type. […] > > Most functions return NULL, if you give them invalid parameter types, > e.g. <https://3v4l.org/UIYGh>. > >> […] The issue here is that many >> of the PHP functions return way too many types. > > ACK. However, changing that constitutes a BC break, and as such has to > be thoroughly investigated (likely on a case by case basis), and most > likely would require the RFC process > (<https://wiki.php.net/rfc/howto>). > > -- > Christoph M. Becker Hopefully we can fix this in PHP 8 by throwing TypeError, just as we do with userland functions.