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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 14:36:46 +0200
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Subject: Allowing type alias for built-in types
From: olle.haerstedt@limesurvey.org (=?UTF-8?Q?Olle_H=C3=A4rstedt?=)

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Has this been discussed before? Some use-cases:



use array as tuple;=C2=A0 // Could interact with Psalm/Phpstan to give more=
 intentionality

use array as strings; // Same, together with "@param string[]" docblock

use int as meter;=C2=A0 // To communicate intent

etc



Hard-coded support in the parser could perhaps be added here? https://githu=
b.com/php/php-src/blob/master/Zend/zend_language_parser.y#L469



Olle H=C3=A4rstedt



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