Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:101499 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 17201 invoked from network); 3 Jan 2018 08:50:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 3 Jan 2018 08:50:55 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=me@kelunik.com; sender-id=unknown Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=me@kelunik.com; spf=permerror; sender-id=unknown Received-SPF: error (pb1.pair.com: domain kelunik.com from 81.169.146.163 cause and error) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: me@kelunik.com X-Host-Fingerprint: 81.169.146.163 mo4-p00-ob.smtp.rzone.de Received: from [81.169.146.163] ([81.169.146.163:16567] helo=mo4-p00-ob.smtp.rzone.de) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id 66/CB-23177-E699C4A5 for ; Wed, 03 Jan 2018 03:50:54 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1514969451; s=domk; d=kelunik.com; h=Content-Type:Cc:To:Subject:Message-ID:Date:From:References: In-Reply-To:X-RZG-CLASS-ID:X-RZG-AUTH; bh=RWcyBBRrdinSrRxPpKZk98w/J491Bdty7Kdh/yS0V/o=; b=PV0F1UwlC8YkuTsLbWmtZXfa31QiQ5f80Scc8tISuQria5Grl50u5GvNU6BC5PZhP9 eA02yTVEaiodwLMMiK3JkoAhZDxFJEI18Trz/jBk9GHnkYx1WfKaJ0TxU041SK7FoB3+ vRVLijwqq0H1N8gquPp6d3IBLnEfXmCiJnyTY= X-RZG-AUTH: :IWkkfkWkbvHsXQGmRYmUo9mlsGbEv0XHBzMIJSS+jKTzde5mDb8Db2nURiuwcA== X-RZG-CLASS-ID: mo00 Received: by mail-yw0-f177.google.com with SMTP id v190so322862ywg.4 for ; Wed, 03 Jan 2018 00:50:51 -0800 (PST) X-Gm-Message-State: AKGB3mIrNSyTOSCcqXJJXXE+EQTdMGS+8EVNMJ3VcLvaMquz/zCwM+sK Dk+vdVGfhybqTc7vbLUKeTBmado9se4nqVHKGkE= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ACJfBouu5s97ibfLHd6ZwxZIdQwKpI5rKBY4HbPGHX4Zkp42EZS60tLYRJzkdPdr9iSFGWpoCh9xsdfJA237XN7Cvp4= X-Received: by 10.129.163.83 with SMTP id a80mr629181ywh.441.1514969450940; Wed, 03 Jan 2018 00:50:50 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.37.104.83 with HTTP; Wed, 3 Jan 2018 00:50:50 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 09:50:50 +0100 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: To: Michael Morris Cc: PHP internals Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="94eb2c115f44f810300561db4f92" Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC][DISCUSSION] Strong Typing Syntax From: me@kelunik.com (Niklas Keller) --94eb2c115f44f810300561db4f92 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hey Michael, I don't think the BC break is acceptable. You argue that scalar type declarations are relatively new, but in fact they're already years old now. They're used in most PHP 7+ packages. Even if changing types might be discouraged, it still happens a lot. Regards, Niklas --94eb2c115f44f810300561db4f92--