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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Transform void into an alias for null
To: Larry Garfield <larry@garfieldtech.com>
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From: tekiela246@gmail.com (Kamil Tekiela)

The RFC mentions that this will now become valid:

function foo(): void {
    return null;
}

But what about the opposite:

function foo(): null {
    return;
}

or what Larry was trying to suggest:

function foo(): null {
    print 'test';
}

$val = foo();