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Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 18:55:30 -0800
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To: Raymond Irving <xwisdom@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Scalar Type Hinting
From: kris.craig@gmail.com (Kris Craig)

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Wow no offense, but your timing is terrible, Raymond!  We've been going
back and forth on this for the past couple weeks now, though the discussion
has quieted for the moment.

I would suggest you go through some of the recent posts on Internals.
Right now there basically is no solid consensus on this issue, though some
of us have been working to change that.  But as it stands now, I'm not
aware of any plans to introduce expanded typing of any kind in the
foreseeable future.  And even if we did, I highly doubt it would happen
before PHP 6.

--Kris


On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Raymond Irving <xwisdom@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I came across some info on the web that states that scalar type hinting was
> added to the PHP trunk but it did not make it's way into 5.4 because of
> objections from the community. Will it ever make it's way into 5.5?
>
> I know PHP is considered to be a weak typed language but it should also be
> about freedom. Freedom for a PHP developer to choose to use scalar type
> hinting whenever he/she sees the need.
>
>
> Best regards,
> __
> Raymond
>

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