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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 01:46:00 +0000
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To: Guilliam Xavier <guilliam.xavier@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Allowing NULL for some internal functions
From: craig@craigfrancis.co.uk (Craig Francis)

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On Wed, 23 Feb 2022 at 14:00, Guilliam Xavier <guilliam.xavier@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 3:59 AM Alexandru P=C4=83tr=C4=83nescu <drealecs@=
gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > But when types are not considered important I think it's worth pursuing
> > extending the coercion from null to the 4 other types where it's
> happening
> > right now:
> > - int as 0,
> > - float as 0.0,
> > - string as an empty string
> > - bool as false.
> >
>
> Indeed, that could also be a way to solve the original (PHP 7.0)
> inconsistency between internal and user-defined functions
> (although PHP 8.1 started to take the opposite route...)
>


Yep, I'm hoping to find a solution that keeps as many people happy as
possible, and improves the language.

Personally I think `strict_types=3D1` is fine for my code, but I would neve=
r
want to force that style on everyone, because doing so would be fairly
hostile for a language that's popular and well known for being easy to
use/learn.

And for those who like strict environments, I'm always interested in what
`Content-Security-Policy` they use, because that's a really useful form of
strict coding, especially when using `default-src 'none'; script-src
https://static.example.com; require-trusted-types-for 'script';
trusted-types 'none';` and `Content-Type:
application/xhtml+xml; charset=3DUTF-8` to ensure quoted attributes :-)

Craig

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