Re: [RFC] Scalar Type Hints v0.2

Hi, On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 6:52 PM, Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me> wrote: > 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. > Well ... existing userland code doesn't have scalar type hints, it couldn't possibly do. How can you have migration issues with it? Cheers, Andrey.