Types on the right or on the left

Heya, Its seems to me that more and more RFC are proposed to augment PHP's syntax with some form of additional type hints. The following RFC proposes to add a type hint for the return type of a function/method: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/returntypehinting It adds the type hint on the right hand side of the function (of the identifier). In contrast to parameters where the type hint is placed on the left hand side of the identifier. Mixing both, having some types on the left and others on the right, seems like another inconsistency in the language design to me. I think now is the time where we should decide what convention we want to stick to in the future (either left or right). PHP 7 is the perfect time to make a change. I do not want to take sides because I am not yet sure what I prefer but following some examples for both conventions: function foo($a : Foo, $b : array) : void {} // types on the right function void foo(Foo $a, array $b){} // types on the left Assuming PHP will introduce type hints for properties at some point class A{ private $f : Foo; //types on the right private Foo $f; //types on the left } Assuming PHP will introduce type hints for variables at some point $a : int = 1; //types on the right int $a = 1; // types on the left Assuming PHP will introduce generics and typed arrays at some point. function foo<T>($a : T, $b : array<Bar>, $c : Foo[]) : callable<T, Car> {} // types on the right function callable<T, Car> foo<T>(T $a, array<Bar> $b, Foo[] $c){} // types on the left Thoughts? Cheers, Robert