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Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2023 02:08:07 +0000
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [Discussion] Variable Type Declaration Before Usage
From: davidgebler@gmail.com (David Gebler)

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On Sun, Nov 5, 2023 at 1:37=E2=80=AFPM Oladoyinbo Vincent <oladoyinbov@gmai=
l.com>
wrote:

> Hello Internals,
>
> I was wondering if php could introduce this feature or if any experienced=
 C
> dev here can work on the implementation of this feature.
>
>
I think this is a much bigger issue than bikeshedding over syntax. The idea
of typed variables has been discussed a few times in recent years but the
roadblocks have been efficiency of any possible implementation, BC in
respect of places type hinting can already be used and the overall
usefulness / desirability of the feature. It's one of those things that's
been filled in reasonably well by third party static analysis tools. Tbh
I'd be more interested in an official static analyzer than more type checks
at runtime.

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