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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Alias for `int|float`
From: cmbecker69@gmx.de ("Christoph M. Becker")

On 08.11.2020 at 18:26, Reindl Harald (privat) wrote:

> Am 08.11.20 um 18:09 schrieb Eugene Sidelnyk:
>>
>> What do you think about creating shorthand `number` for `int|float`?

If at all, it should be called `numeric`, because that is a reserved
word as of PHP 7.0.0:
<https://www.php.net/manual/en/reserved.other-reserved-words.php>.

> 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

ACK.  See <http://svn.php.net/viewvc?view=3Drevision&revision=3D351123>.

=2D-
Christoph M. Becker