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Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 18:17:02 +0200
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To: Dan Ackroyd <Danack@basereality.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Mixed type
From: carusogabriel34@gmail.com (Gabriel Caruso)

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On Mon, 20 Apr 2020 at 13:18, Dan Ackroyd <Danack@basereality.com> wrote:

> Hi Internals,
>
> Here is an RFC for adding a 'mixed' type to the language:
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/mixed_type_v2
> The RFC builds on an earlier draft by Michael Moravec.
>
> Part of the motivation for pursuing this RFC was my recent experience
> in upgrading an application to PHP 7.4.
>
> Being able to add types to the application made the code much easier
> to reason about, but there were places where I couldn't add type info
> due to the lack of mixed. That made it hard to see if that piece of
> code had been upgraded (but type info couldn't be added), or if that
> code still needed to be upgraded.
>
> cheers
> Dan
> Ack
>
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Hello Danack

Has the type `any` been considered? I've discussed that in the
implementation Pull Request with M=C3=A1t=C3=A9.

Would it be too much to create a sub-voting for the type used here?

Best regards,

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