Re: [RFC] Mixed type

From: Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 16:17:02 +0000
Subject: Re: [RFC] Mixed type
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On Mon, 20 Apr 2020 at 13:18, Dan Ackroyd <Danack@basereality.com> wrote: > Hi Internals, > > Here is an RFC for adding a 'mixed' type to the language: > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/mixed_type_v2 > The RFC builds on an earlier draft by Michael Moravec. > > Part of the motivation for pursuing this RFC was my recent experience > in upgrading an application to PHP 7.4. > > Being able to add types to the application made the code much easier > to reason about, but there were places where I couldn't add type info > due to the lack of mixed. That made it hard to see if that piece of > code had been upgraded (but type info couldn't be added), or if that > code still needed to be upgraded. > > cheers > Dan > Ack > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Hello Danack Has the type any been considered? I've discussed that in the implementation Pull Request with Máté. Would it be too much to create a sub-voting for the type used here? Best regards,

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