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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Typed Properties
From: patrickallaert@php.net (Patrick ALLAERT)

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Le jeu. 21 juin 2018 =C3=A0 00:00, Nikita Popov <nikita.ppv@gmail.com> a =
=C3=A9crit :

> Hi internals,
>
> Bob and I would like to present a new typed properties proposal for your
> consideration:
>
>     https://wiki.php.net/rfc/typed_prwould some benefitsoperties_v2
> <https://wiki.php.net/rfc/typed_properties_v2>
>
> The proposal allows you to annotate properties with types, which are
> enforced at runtime. Unlike the previous RFC on this topic, the new
> proposal also supports typed static properties and references to typed
> properties.
>
> Please note that next to the main body, the RFC also contains an
> "Alternatives" section, which explores the problem space and considers
> trade-offs of different behaviors in some detail.
>
> Finally, while this RFC currently targets PHP 7.3, this is a large and
> complex proposal and we may not be able to meet the deadline, in which ca=
se
> this feature will go into the next PHP version.
>
> Regards,
> Nikita
>

Hi Nikita, Bob,

Congrats for the awesome job! It looks very good.

My only concern is about regular variables, not bound to any classes. Isn't
that a little bit inconsistent that classes properties could be typed, but
not a regular variable in the middle of a function/method/plain "script"
file?

I would see some benefit doing something like:

string $content =3D file_get_contents("/foo/bar");

(Sorry if this has been raised already in the past)

Patrick

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