Re: Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness

From:	Andrea Faulds	Date:	Wed, 25 Nov 2015 23:46:54 +0000
Subject:	Re: Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness
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Hi Anatol, Anatol Belski wrote:

It may not be documented, but that doesn't put it outside the scope of BC. People will unintentionally rely on bugs.
What is the reason to use \int if "class \int{}" is prohibited? A typo :) ?

It might be used deliberately since some IDEs (PHPStorm in particular) can't handle PHP 7's scalar type hints properly in namespaces yet. Thanks. -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/