Re: Alias for `int|float`
| From: | Benas IML | Date: | Sun, 08 Nov 2020 17:28:08 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Alias for `int|float` | ||
| References: | 1 2 | Groups: | php.internals |
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...and introducing 'number' would also be a huge BC break (even in our
codebase there's a class named 'Number').
Best regards,
Benas
On Sun, Nov 8, 2020, 7:26 PM Reindl Harald (privat) <harry@rhsoft.net>
wrote:
>
>
> Am 08.11.20 um 18:09 schrieb Eugene Sidelnyk:
> > Hello, internals!
> >
> > What do you think about creating shorthand
number for
> > int|float?
>
> nothing because:
>
> a) float accepts int anyways
> b) overloading the engine for each and every nuance is not helpful
> c) union types are clear and readable
>
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