RE: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Scalar Type Hinting With Casts (re-opening)

> I don't see the current PHP type juggling as 'formal programming'. It makes > things easy but can also lead to bugs where unexpected values (& so types) > end up being inappropriately used. I haven't yet reviewed the conversion table in detail, but unless I'm missing something, this RFC is in fact much more in the spirit of PHP - and implements type juggling - unlike the previous incarnation of strict typing that almost made it into PHP. It's a bit too strict to my liking (especially around conversion of floating point to int, which should pass and perhaps generate a notice IMHO), but this is a big step towards the spirit of what I proposed together with Lukas back in 2010 (https://wiki.php.net/rfc/typecheckingstrictandweak) - which was an alternative to the strong typing suggested by several others. Type juggling is an *inherent* feature of PHP. Paraphrasing what Rasmus said several years ago(*), 'if you implement this [strong typing], please don't call it PHP'. Again, luckily, what Andrea proposes isn't strong typing. It still maintains the most important properties of type juggling - e.g. the ability to work with strings coming in as input (GET/POST/etc.) without having to worry about typing. Zeev (*) I couldn't find that email quickly enough so apologies if I'm not completely accurate on this.