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Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2019 15:23:35 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Union Types v2
From: claude.pache@gmail.com (Claude Pache)

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> Le 4 sept. 2019 =C3=A0 13:54, Dan Ackroyd <danack@basereality.com> a =
=C3=A9crit :
>=20
>>=20
>> if we were to use "?int" instead, the engine would force the
>> community to add "return null;"
>=20
> That sounds like a bug to me. The fact that null is returned by any
> function that lacks an explicit return value, is well-defined, and one
> of the most underrated aspects of PHP imo.
>=20

This is an aspect of the eternal debate between explicit vs. implicit. =
In another recent thread, another aspect, namely variable =
initialisation, was debated. There is no =E2=80=9Ccorrect=E2=80=9D =
solution, as it pertains much to coding style.

=E2=80=94Claude=

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