Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness
| From: | Ryan Pallas | Date: | Tue, 24 Nov 2015 15:27:34 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.internals |
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On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 8:10 AM, Sebastian Bergmann <sebastian@php.net>
wrote:
> The following is currently valid PHP 7 code
>
> <?php
> function a(\int $i) {}
>
> Is it intentional that the \ in front of the "int" is allowed? IMHO, this
> confusing notation must not be allowed.
>
>
> Why not? Its a root level type, you can prefix a \ on any other root level
type that's valid for use in type hinting.
function a(\DateTime $d) {}
function b(\SplFileObject $f) {}
Also, this is the only way to get some IDEs to recognize the type when in a
namespace (at least currently).