Re: [RFC] Scalar Type Hints v0.2

Hi Andrey, > On 2 Feb 2015, at 16:48, Andrey Andreev <narf@devilix.net> wrote: > > As already said, we're just going around in circles at this point, but > a migration issue? > > Whatever code using the scalar type hints should be *new* code in > userland. Why not existing userland code? If only new code adds type hints, the ability to detect errors in code is severely curtailed. That would be really unfortunate. > You're basing your whole argument on the assumption that all > internal functions would break with strict=1 ... nobody needs that and > it doesn't have to be done. I wasn’t talking about internal functions… I’m talking about userland code in the hypothetical case that we added strict-only hints. I don’t see where you’ve gotten that impression from. Thanks. -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/