[RFC-Discuss] Scalar Type Declarations v0.5

Dear Internals, Since the resignation of Andrea, the mixed-mode type hint (called declaration in the proposal) proposal has been left abandoned. Considering that the ending votes were 67/34 (66.3%) with several no-votes being only due to reasonably minor issues with the proposal, I would like to re-propose her RFC with three minor modifications: 1. declare(strict_types=1) (if used) is required to be the first instruction in the file only. No other usages allowed. 2. declare(strict_types=1) {} (block mode) is specifically disallowed. 3. int typed variables can resolve a parameter type of float So calling requiresAFloat(10) will work even in strict mode. As this topic has and is being discussed to death, I have put a very large "discussion points" section: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/scalar_type_hints_v5#discussion_points I would kindly ask, before replying that you check to see if your question is answered in that list. If it is not, please follow up here and I will update the RFC. If your question is listed and you feel that it wasn't given proper due, please let's discuss that. https://wiki.php.net/rfc/scalar_type_hints_v5 Considering this proposal is a minor tweak on an already-discussed and voted-on proposal, I plan on bringing this RFC to vote 1 week from today (on February 25th, 2015). Thanks, Anthony