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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC Proposal - Types for Inline Variables
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Tommins)

On 07/02/2023 14:07, Olle Härstedt wrote:
> It should perhaps be mentioned that analyzers can use type annotations
> during their process, instead of the more clunky /** @var string */ or
> similar you have to use today for local variables.


This sounds like you're reaching for Python's approach, where the 
language "supports" the type annotation syntax, but doesn't actually do 
anything with it. I explained in another thread why I think that is a 
poor compromise, because it's unclear whether you can actually trust the 
annotations.

The current "clunky" syntax is clearly a comment as far as the language 
itself is concerned, so there is no expectation when reading it that it 
will have a meaning to plain PHP.

Regards,

-- 
Rowan Tommins
[IMSoP]