Re: [VOTE] Scalar Type Hints

On 09/02/15 10:44, Andrea Faulds wrote: > There is no consensus whatsoever. To suggest there is would be to grossly exaggerate. I am just happy that to force change through a 2/3rds majority is required. If there was a consensus then the debate would not have been so extensive, but while the continuing chant of 'you don't have to use it' prevails, we end up with a lot of additional overheads just to keep a small number of users happy. In the case of this vote, the vote itself IS flawed as two different additions ARE being pushed together, and personally I feel that the yes vote IS being distorted by those who want weak typing and could not care less about strong typing. That neither of the proposed solutions actually provide a complete solution for either camp is a shame. I do understand why many of these extras can't simply be user selectable extensions, but just how many of the 'core' modules are actually needed for a basic PHP server. Yes I need 'typing' but I need a version that handles the types I am using not some rather limited subset, and improvements in PHP7 has increased the need for a proper typing system which scalar type hints does nothing to address :( -- Lester Caine - G8HFL ----------------------------- Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk