Re: [RFC] Strict operators directive

On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 3:09 PM Arnold Daniels <arnold.adaniels.nl@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I would like to open the discussion for RFC: "Strict operators directive". > > This RFC proposes a new directive 'strict_operators'. When enabled, operators may > cast operands to the expected type, but must comply to; > > * Typecasting is not based on the type of the other operand > > * Typecasting is not based on the value of any of the operands > * Operators will throw a TypeError for unsupported types > > Reasoning; The current rules for type casting done by operators are inconsistent and complex, > which can lead to surprising results where a statement seemingly contradicts itself. > > Using a directive means that backwards compatibility is guaranteed. > > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/strict_operators > > Yours, > Arnold Daniels > > [Arnold Daniels - Chat @ > Spike](https://www.spikenow.com/?ref=spike-organic-signature&_ts=1mzl6) [1mzl6] Hello, thanks for the impressive work... I have just one interrogation: why disallow ~ for strings? (e.g. currently ~"\x00\x01\x02" gives "\xFF\xFE\xFD") -- Guilliam Xavier