Re: ReflectionType::__toString() prepending \ to class names
| From: | Levi Morrison | Date: | Sun, 21 Aug 2016 19:48:58 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: ReflectionType::__toString() prepending \ to class names | ||
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> The issue here is around changes that affect old features (__toString),
> where the behavior changes depending on whether a parameter is defaulted or
> not (also a previously existing feature)
>
Which has existed for only one release. This is a small BC break and is
intended. We previously had nullable types just no way to really encode it
as a type. We now do. Breaking code for one single minor version is
perfectly acceptable, especially given that there are other codebases that
will break if we do not include the question mark.