Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:112210 Return-Path: Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 59973 invoked from network); 8 Nov 2020 18:04:28 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO php-smtp4.php.net) (45.112.84.5) by pb1.pair.com with SMTP; 8 Nov 2020 18:04:28 -0000 Received: from php-smtp4.php.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by php-smtp4.php.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D4081804D8 for ; Sun, 8 Nov 2020 09:26:11 -0800 (PST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on php-smtp4.php.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Virus: No X-Envelope-From: Received: from mail.thelounge.net (mail.thelounge.net [91.118.73.15]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by php-smtp4.php.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS for ; Sun, 8 Nov 2020 09:26:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from srv-rhsoft.rhsoft.net (rh.vpn.thelounge.net [10.10.10.2]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (P-256) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: h.reindl@thelounge.net) by mail.thelounge.net (THELOUNGE MTA) with ESMTPSA id 4CTgyP4jw1zXMD; Sun, 8 Nov 2020 18:26:05 +0100 (CET) To: Eugene Sidelnyk , PHP Internals References: Organization: RH Software Message-ID: Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2020 18:26:05 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Alias for `int|float` From: harry@rhsoft.net ("Reindl Harald (privat)") Am 08.11.20 um 18:09 schrieb Eugene Sidelnyk: > Hello, internals! > > What do you think about creating shorthand `number` for `int|float`? nothing because: a) float accepts int anyways b) overloading the engine for each and every nuance is not helpful c) union types are clear and readable