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To: Lazare Inepologlou <linepogl@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Return Type Declarations
From: pete@the-echoplex.net (Pete Boere)

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Nice proposal.

FWIW on the `use` issue I much prefer the first alternative:

function ($foo): Bar use ($quux) {}
function ($foo) use ($quux): Bar {}


On 25 April 2014 10:09, Lazare Inepologlou <linepogl@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> 2014-04-24 17:59 GMT+02:00 Levi Morrison <levim@php.net>:
>
> > My dear Internals friends,
> >
> > I have spent the last month drafting an RFC that allows return types:
> > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/returntypehinting
> >
> > Notable items:
> >   -  Differences from past RFCs are summarized in the RFC:
> > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/returntypehinting#differences_from_past_rfcs
> >   - The patch includes basic opcache and reflection support. It also ha=
s
> > phpt tests.
> >   - Informal performance tests indicate that the patch did not fubar
> > performance; if desired a more detailed test can be conducted before
> > voting.
> >   - This RFC does not add, modify, or remove keywords at all; this
> notably
> > excludes type-hints for scalars. Supporting scalar type declarations is
> > outside the scope of this RFC; if you are interested in supporting scal=
ar
> > type declarations please discuss it elsewhere.
> >
> > As a friendly reminder, everyone on this list is interested in
> developing a
> > better PHP and the definitions of 'better' vary from person to person.
> > Please be civil and constructive while discussing this RFC. Thank you!
> >
> > Some thanks, regardless if the RFC is accepted:
> >   - For providing a patch: Joe Watkins.
> >   - For helping me iterate on RFC drafts: Bob Wienand, Nikita Popov and
> > Anthony Ferrara
> >   - For previous RFCs on this topic: Felipe Pena and Will Fitch. I
> gleaned
> > valuable knowledge from your proposals and the discussion around them.
> >
>
>
> This is a nice and well thought proposal.
>
> I would like to suggest the addition of the "self" and "static" pseudo
> types. Most IDEs support this through @return syntax:
>
> class Foo {
>   /** @return static */
>   public function SetBar( $bar ) {
>      // ...
>      return $this;
>   }
> }
>
> With the new syntax, the above could be transformed into this:
>
> class Foo {
>   public function SetBar( $bar ) : static {
>      // ...
>      return $this;
>   }
> }
>
>
>
>
>
> Lazare INEPOLOGLOU
> Ing=C3=A9nieur Logiciel
>



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Pete Boere
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