Re: [VOTE] Scalar Type Hints

Hi Andrea, On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 1:51 AM, Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me> wrote: > Hi Dan, > >> On 5 Feb 2015, at 23:41, Dan Ackroyd <danack@basereality.com> wrote: >> >> ... >> >> Additionally Andrea, I am disappointed that you opened voting without >> a option with the 'declare' stuff removed. This is despite myself >> having asked you for an vote option for just strict types directly >> several times. Other people have asked for a vote option that allows >> strict and weak types with a different syntax. > > Yes, I realise you and others have asked for such things. I disagree with you there and I > don’t think adding strict types to PHP is really a good idea. I’d prefer we have more rather > than less consistency between userland and internals. > >> I realise that the RFC as it stands is your preferred option, but just >> not accepting feedback during an RFC is not appropriate. > > I have listened to feedback. But listening to feedback and agreeing to any and all suggestions > are not the same thing. > It's fine that you disagree. But enabling others to disagree with you via votes would've been more fair. With the available options, it's either your way or no way. Cheers, Andrey.