Re: [RFC][Vote] Typed Properties
| From: | Larry Garfield | Date: | Fri, 10 Jun 2016 19:51:12 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC][Vote] Typed Properties | ||
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On 06/10/2016 02:14 PM, Lester Caine wrote:
On 10/06/16 17:57, Rowan Collins wrote:... I am a strong typing proponent (that is a strong proponent of explicit typing), and have never once used HHVM. Your claim, that type-using people can just leave for HHVM, is both nonsensical and untrue. --Larry GarfieldFor the record, I'm not entirely sure which way I want the language to go, but I think it's a decision that needs to be made, and soon.Seconded ... even something like strict mode should be 'removable' to provide a smaller faster 'classic' PHP even if it does mean there are two builds. But we already HAVE two builds ... people who want strongly typed and pre-compiled PHP simply use HHVM. There is no need to drag PHP down the same road map? Each has it's own strengths.