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To: Sara Golemon <pollita@php.net>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Mixed type
From: pmjones88@gmail.com (Paul Jones)



> On Jun 30, 2018, at 15:17, Sara Golemon <pollita@php.net> wrote:
>=20
> I'm not super excited about this RFC because, as you say, this =
information could be easily encoded into the docblock for the =
function/method.

I would enjoy a 'mixed' typehint for exactly that reason; i.e., that I =
don't have to put it in a docblock.

Given this method ...

   public foo(string $bar, int $baz) : void { ... }

... I don't need any docblock at all for the params.

But given *this* method ...

   public foo(string $bar, int $baz, $dib) : void { ... }

... I find myself wanting (for completeness' sake) to add a docblock =
indicating the $dib typehint:

   /**
    * @param mixed $dib ...
    */
   public foo(string $bar, int $baz, $dib) { ... }

... and *then* the docblock looks unusual to me, and I want to fill out =
all the rest of the params in the docblock.

Yes, I'm aware that may be idiosyncratic. Even so, being able to do this =
...

   public foo(string $bar, int $baz, mixed $dib) { ... }

... relieves that bit of docblock dissonance. If it does so for me, I =
bet it would do so for others.


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Paul M. Jones
pmjones@pmjones.io
http://paul-m-jones.com

Modernizing Legacy Applications in PHP
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Solving the N+1 Problem in PHP
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--=20
Paul M. Jones
pmjones@pmjones.io
http://paul-m-jones.com

Modernizing Legacy Applications in PHP
https://leanpub.com/mlaphp

Solving the N+1 Problem in PHP
https://leanpub.com/sn1php