Re: Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness

Hi Stas, Stanislav Malyshev wrote:

Hi!

       <?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.

This is weird and I'd consider it a bug. You can't do \array or \callable, and if I saw \int, I'd think it meant a class of that name rather than a scalar type.

I would assume \int means class named "int", as opposed to "int" type.

That's also what I'd expect. However, "int" is not allowed as a class name in PHP 7. And unfortunately what the code Sebastian posted sctually does is act as an integer type hint, not as a class type hint.

Can this be fixed for 7.0.0?

I don't think this would be a good idea. We're in the final stretch of release cycle, and should not do any non-urgent fixes. This does not look urgent. It can wait for 7.0.1.

It can't wait for 7.0.1, because banning this would be a backwards-compatibility break with 7.0.0. We have to fix it in 7.0.0 or not fix it ever. Thanks. -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/