Re: [RFC] Mixed type

> On Jun 30, 2018, at 15:17, Sara Golemon <pollita@php.net> wrote: > > I'm not super excited about this RFC because, as you say, this information could be easily > encoded into the docblock for the function/method. I would enjoy a 'mixed' typehint for exactly that reason; i.e., that I don't have to put it in a docblock. Given this method ... public foo(string $bar, int $baz) : void { ... } ... I don't need any docblock at all for the params. But given *this* method ... public foo(string $bar, int $baz, $dib) : void { ... } ... I find myself wanting (for completeness' sake) to add a docblock indicating the $dib typehint: /** * @param mixed $dib ... */ public foo(string $bar, int $baz, $dib) { ... } ... and *then* the docblock looks unusual to me, and I want to fill out all the rest of the params in the docblock. Yes, I'm aware that may be idiosyncratic. Even so, being able to do this .... public foo(string $bar, int $baz, mixed $dib) { ... } ... relieves that bit of docblock dissonance. If it does so for me, I bet it would do so for others. -- Paul M. Jones pmjones@pmjones.io http://paul-m-jones.com Modernizing Legacy Applications in PHP https://leanpub.com/mlaphp Solving the N+1 Problem in PHP https://leanpub.com/sn1php -- Paul M. Jones pmjones@pmjones.io http://paul-m-jones.com Modernizing Legacy Applications in PHP https://leanpub.com/mlaphp Solving the N+1 Problem in PHP https://leanpub.com/sn1php