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To: Anthony Ferrara <ircmaxell@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Scalar Type Intentions
From: adamjonr@gmail.com (Adam Jon Richardson)

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On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Anthony Ferrara <ircmaxell@gmail.com> wrote:

> Please do not implement int, float, etc as an alias to scalar.  That's
> going to cause nothing but trouble later on.  It will instantly close
> the door to any type of casting magic (due to BC concerns), be
> completely non-obvious ("I hinted for int, why is it a boolean?"), and
> cause nothing but confusion.
>
> If you only want to add a scalar hint, I'm fine with that (for now),
> but please only add the scalar hint, no aliases...
>
> Anthony


Anthony, can you provide an example so I can better understand your
concerns?

Thanks,

Adam

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