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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2024 23:47:24 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Add $this return type
To: Juliette Reinders Folmer <php-internals_nospam@adviesenzo.nl>
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From: ocramius@gmail.com (Marco Pivetta)

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On Tue, 25 Jun 2024 at 23:25, Juliette Reinders Folmer <
php-internals_nospam@adviesenzo.nl> wrote:

> Also don't really see the need as there is the `static` return type
> already.
>

I'd see it as useful if the type conveyed identity too, although it also
means that I would never use it, since I design immutable APIs, when
possible :D

Marco Pivetta

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=
=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, 25 Jun 2024 at 23:25, Juliette Reinde=
rs Folmer &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:php-internals_nospam@adviesenzo.nl">php-int=
ernals_nospam@adviesenzo.nl</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gm=
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    Also don&#39;t really see the need as there is the `static` return type
    already.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I&#39;d see it as us=
eful if the type conveyed identity too, although it also means that I would=
 never use it, since I design immutable APIs, when possible :D <br></div><d=
iv><br clear=3D"all"><div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><div d=
ir=3D"ltr">Marco Pivetta <br><br><a href=3D"https://mastodon.social/@ocrami=
us" target=3D"_blank">https://mastodon.social/@ocramius</a><br><br><a href=
=3D"https://ocramius.github.io/" target=3D"_blank">https://ocramius.github.=
io/</a></div></div></div>=C2=A0</div></div></div>

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