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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] [DISCUSSION] Scalar Pseudo-type
From: sebastian@php.net (Sebastian Bergmann)

Am 29.12.2017 um 18:30 schrieb lists@rhsoft.net:
> "i don't see a benefit, i don't like it" are no valid reasons to do so

I strongly disagree. If a majority of people do not see the benefit of a
syntax change then the syntax should not be changed. A change to the
syntax of PHP has a ripple effect throughout the library and tools
ecosystem of PHP. This is a cost. This cost needs to be justified by a
benefit.