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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 21:50:00 +0200
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To: Sara Golemon <pollita@php.net>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Nullable cast (?int)
From: claude.pache@gmail.com (Claude Pache)



> Le 31 juil. 2018 =C3=A0 21:07, Sara Golemon <pollita@php.net> a =C3=A9crit=
 :
>=20
>> On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 2:23 PM, David Rodrigues <david.proweb@gmail.com>=
 wrote:
>> Currently we have support to (int) cast (and similar). But I do think tha=
t
>> we too need a possibility to do a nullable cast. In terms, it will cast t=
o
>> (int) only if value is not null, else it should be kept as null.
>>=20
> I like this proposal.  Short, simple, and consistent with other parts
> of PHP syntax.  Write up an RFC for it?
>=20
> -Sara
>=20

And, please, also consider `settype($x, '?int')`.=20

I have userland functions in my code for those type of casts.=20

=E2=80=94Claude