Re: [PATCH] Consistent type names in error messages

Hi Kalle, > On 14 Dec 2014, at 18:41, Kalle Sommer Nielsen <kalle@php.net> wrote: > > 2014-12-14 19:35 GMT+01:00 Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me>: >> >> I want to change the type names to be consistent, because I think our current inconsistency >> is confusing. Integers are sometimes ints or integers, but other times longs. Floats are sometimes >> floats, but other times doubles. If scalar type hints are ever added, then jettisoning the old >> aliases means we don’t have to add extra reserved words. >> > > You forgot that they can also be 'real', but on a serious manner, I > don't see any reason not to make the error messages consistent and I > would say go ahead already. Aha, yes, I did forget that real is also an alias of float. I suppose this proves my point that all these aliases are confusing: I can’t even remember them all! Also, a sidenote: In case someone goes and checks the manual and tells me that is_long() is already an alias of is_int() and not the other way around, the manual lies. In fact, is_int() is currently an alias of is_long() in master. Thanks. -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/