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

> -----Original Message----- > From: Sebastian B.-Hagensen [mailto:sbj.ml.read@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2015 2:11 AM > To: Zeev Suraski > Cc: guilhermeblanco@gmail.com; Rasmus Lerdorf; PHP Internals > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] Scalar Type Hints > > Hi, > > 2015-02-12 0:08 GMT+01:00 Zeev Suraski <zeev@zend.com>: > > It gives the exact same > > value from an API author’s point of view. > > But not from an api-consumers point of view. I didn't claim otherwise. I am claiming that piece is significantly less important, and that its negative implications outweigh its positive ones. > Without either introducing a > new set of casting/conversion rules or changing existing behavior > (**exclusively**) 'weak' typehints may be perceived as seriously crippled.. > Maybe up to a point where the addition of them wouldn't be justified. I argued we should tweak the conversion rules. > > 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. > > It's not. PHP was always open to enforce strict typing in user created > functions. Being able to do something in custom code - and having language-level syntax for it are a world a part in terms of condoned language principles. That's why proponents of this RFC are so much in its favor - and opponents are so much against. This new syntax would mean explosive growth and official encouragement for developers to place strict type checking throughout their code. Zeev