Req #70666 [NEW]: Alias of int and bool not allowed in type hints

From: rl at nbsp dot io Operating system: PHP version: 7.0.0RC4 Package: PHP Language Specification Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Alias of int and bool not allowed in type hints Description: ------------ With the new scalar type hints we cannot type hint with 'integer' or 'bool', it seems that this was deliberately removed, as the wiki says "aliases are removed (integer and boolean)". No reasons for the removal are given, so I hope it's not a big deal if I request that they are added again. It mostly comes down to coding style, I've never used the abbreviated hand versions as why would I write 'bool' and yet 'string' or 'array'? The style doesn't match. Also it doesn't help that the error message is nonsensical (see the script). Test script: --------------- <?php // Uncaught TypeError: Argument 1 passed to {closure}() must be an instance of integer, integer given... (function(integer $value) { var_dump($value); })('1'); -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=70666&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70666&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70666&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70666&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70666&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70666&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70666&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70666&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70666&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70666&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70666&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70666&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70666&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70666&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70666&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70666&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70666&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70666&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70666&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70666&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=70666&r=mysqlcfg