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Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 07:59:55 -0700
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Return Type Declarations
From: willfitch@php.net (Will Fitch)

On Fri, Apr 25, 2014, at 07:52 AM, Levi Morrison wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 3:09 AM, 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 has
> >> 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 scalar
> >> 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;
> >   }
> > }
> >
> 
> As the patch currently stands you can use the type-hint 'self'.

How will this patch work with LSB?