RE: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] Scalar Type Hints

I said numerous times that I think that v0.1 of Andrea’s RFC was right on the mark. I’d vote in its favor in a heartbeat. It gives the exact same value from an API author’s point of view. It gives the exact same value in terms of potential performance improvements/JITting/compilation insight. But unlike the current RFC, v0.1 doesn’t introduce an IMHO alien concept into a language that considered dynamic typing to be a core principle since its birth. Zeev *From:* guilhermeblanco@gmail.com [mailto:guilhermeblanco@gmail.com] *Sent:* Thursday, February 12, 2015 12:46 AM *To:* Andrea Faulds *Cc:* Zeev Suraski; Rasmus Lerdorf; PHP Internals *Subject:* Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] Scalar Type Hints Hi all, @Zeev and @Rasmus: Seriously, you both mentioned that consider the idea of scalar type hint, but I've never seen which idea would you consider. Andrea built a very flexible way to operate and even though I don't fully agree either, it's the best so far. This approach does have headaches, but would you ever consider a strict or weak only approach?