RE: [PHP-DEV] Coercive Scalar Type Hints RFC
| From: | Zeev Suraski | Date: | Sun, 22 Feb 2015 13:12:38 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-DEV] Coercive Scalar Type Hints RFC | ||
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From: Etienne Kneuss [mailto:colder@php.net]
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2015 3:00 PM
To: Anthony Ferrara; Zeev Suraski
Cc: PHP internals
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Coercive Scalar Type Hints RFC
> The question is rather: at what weight should we take (potential/future)
> external tools into account when developping language features?
Agreed! My answer - "Static Analyzers need to be designed for Languages,
rather than Languages being designed for Static Analyzers".
Will send additional thoughts on Static Analysis on a separate, off-list
email to put this argument to rest as both Anthony and agreed to.
Zeev