Re: Alias for `int|float`
| From: | Nuno Maduro | Date: | Mon, 09 Nov 2020 15:33:03 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Alias for `int|float` | ||
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Agree with what has been said.
We probably should leave this "alias" discussion to a near future where
people would be able to create their own types like so:
```php
type Number = Foo|Bar;
```
- Nuno
On Mon, 9 Nov 2020 at 16:25, Sara Golemon <pollita@php.net> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 8, 2020 at 11:09 AM Eugene Sidelnyk <zsidelnik@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > What do you think about creating shorthand
number for
> > int|float?
> >
>
> Others have pointed at a few reasons why not, but I'd like to add that if
> we allow type aliasing, then projects can choose to define this or not.
> I'd rather see the power (and tradeoffs) placed in the hands of script
> developers.
>
> -Sara
>