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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Transform void into an alias for null
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From: larry@garfieldtech.com ("Larry Garfield")

On Tue, Jun 3, 2025, at 4:33 AM, Christoph M. Becker wrote:
> On 03.06.2025 at 03:36, Anton Smirnov wrote:
>
>> On 02/06/2025 20:01, Larry Garfield wrote:
>>
>>> The result of this RFC is that the following would no longer be an
>>> error, yes?
>>>
>>> function test(): void {
>>> =C2=A0=C2=A0 print "test";
>>> }
>>>
>>> // This currently gives an error, but you propose that it
>>> // would change to set $val to null?
>>> $val =3D test();
>>=20
>> There is no error: https://3v4l.org/UD4vn
>
> I guess that Larry meant `return` instead of `print`:
> <https://3v4l.org/7dtYH>.

No, I did not.  I was sure I've run into places before where even trying=
 to assign the return value of a void function to something gives me an =
error, but perhaps it was one of the many SA tools I use (IDE, PHPStan, =
etc.).

--Larry Garfield