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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 22:34:20 +0100
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To: Philip Sturgeon <pjsturgeon@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Introducing "Array Of" RFC
From: ocramius@gmail.com (Marco Pivetta)

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On 27 February 2014 22:11, Philip Sturgeon <pjsturgeon@gmail.com> wrote:

> So, should we allow nulls in an arrayof-style type hint?
>
>
`null` has its own type, which is mismatching the type required by the
array-of syntax when requesting, for example, `Foo[]`.

If `null` was allowed in the array, as a user, I'd still be forced to
`array_filter()` on every call, so it would defeat the new feature
completely.

Cheers,

Marco Pivetta

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