Re: [RFC] Allow null as standalone type
| From: | Mike Schinkel | Date: | Tue, 05 Oct 2021 16:55:21 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] Allow null as standalone type | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.internals |
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> On Oct 2, 2021, at 11:06 AM, G. P. B. <george.banyard@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello internals,
>
> I'm proposing a new RFC to make 'null' usable as a standalone type.
>
> RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/null-standalone-type
Regarding the RFC's proposed disallowing of
?null, is that really needed?
Obviously it doesn't make sense for a developer to write that, but I could see that a code
generator would have add special-case logic to avoid outputting ? with the type
null.
Does it hurt anything if it is allowed?
-Mike