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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Scalar Type Hinting With Casts (re-opening)
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins)

Zeev Suraski wrote (on 16/07/2014):
> For me the introduction of a new set of rules is a deal breaker.
> I'm -1 on the RFC the way it is, and +1 if we implement these 'hints' as
> implicit casts, plus change implicit casts to emit E_CAST in case of loss
> of data or 'bogus' conversions.

Just to be clear, implementing E_CAST would require introducing a set of 
rules for when to throw it. By a strict reading of your message, that's 
a deal breaker.

In other words, you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. We can 
choose not to make the omelette, or we can choose which eggs to break.