RE: [PHP-DEV] Scalar Type Hints v0.4

> De : Leigh [mailto:leight@gmail.com] > > Can we keep a 0) of "reserve names for future use in-case of RFC > failure" option. Reserving names is only needed as long as we keep keywords sharing the same naming space as classes. This is a mistake from the past and, as long as we keep it, each new keyword is a pain. Reserving keywords in advance can only lead to reserving too few or too much. So, IMO, deprecating bare class names as hint is first. Then, we can reserve a limited set of keywords. > How do you propose weak typing works with these? Does it only allow > one of the union of types through (thus making it strict), or does it > try and coerce to one if it can? Which one does it pick? That's exactly the problem we need to solve before going the union type road. A limited set can be implemented now as new zpp types, but none that requires questionable conversion (while useful, we are not ready for 'int|float', for example). Regards François