Re: [RFC] Transform void into an alias for null

On Mon, Jun 2, 2025, at 11:27 AM, Gina P. Banyard wrote: > Hello internals, > > This is the second RFC out of a set of type system related RFCs I want > to propose for PHP 8.5. > > The objective is to fix a weird quirk of PHP's type system, where void > lives in its own type hierarchy. > This is visible mainly in that a lack of return type is not isomorphic > to a function that has a return type of mixed. > > Let me know what you think about it. > > RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/void-as-null > > Best regards, > > Gina P. Banyard The result of this RFC is that the following would no longer be an error, yes? function test(): void { print "test"; } // This currently gives an error, but you propose that it // would change to set $val to null? $val = test(); --Larry Garfield