Re: [RFC] Scalar Type Hints v0.2

Hi Dmitry, -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/ > On 2 Feb 2015, at 07:02, Dmitry Stogov <dmitry@zend.com> wrote: > > As I already told, in my opinion, version 0.1 was the perfect solution that fit into PHP > semantic very well. > > declare(strict_types=1); - is really weird solution. > It changes type hinting behavior per file scope, so, just to try strict type hinting in a big > project, people will have to change every single PHP file. > From the RFC text, I didn't completely understand, if declare() affects call site or > declaration. Will we able to call the same function using weak type hinting from on file and with > strict from the other? > "The strict type checking mode also affects extension and built-in PHP functions", > sin(1) - error !!! > > Strict type hinting is not suitable for PHP by definition (as a weakly typed language), > however, I see, it may be useful in some cases. > I would prefer to have "weak" types at first, then think about introducing ability to > switch to "strict" type hinting in context of use-cases. > > Thanks. Dmitry. > > > > >> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 2:49 AM, Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me> wrote: >> Good evening, >> >> The RFC has been updated to cover return types, since Levi’s Return Types RFC has passed. >> The patch is a work in progress: it works, but lacks tests for return types. >> >> Version 0.3 of the RFC can be found here: >> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/scalar_type_hints >> >> Thanks! >> -- >> Andrea Faulds >> http://ajf.me/ >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >