Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:75705 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 38691 invoked from network); 20 Jul 2014 12:42:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 20 Jul 2014 12:42:58 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=ajf@ajf.me; spf=pass; sender-id=pass Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=ajf@ajf.me; sender-id=pass Received-SPF: pass (pb1.pair.com: domain ajf.me designates 192.64.116.216 as permitted sender) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: ajf@ajf.me X-Host-Fingerprint: 192.64.116.216 imap10-3.ox.privateemail.com Received: from [192.64.116.216] ([192.64.116.216:41445] helo=imap10-3.ox.privateemail.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id F8/60-36040-159BBC35 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 08:42:58 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.privateemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD94A2400D6 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 08:42:54 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at imap10.ox.privateemail.com Received: from mail.privateemail.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (imap10.ox.privateemail.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id I4kuhyyOpJJm for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 08:42:54 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.0.15] (unknown [90.210.122.167]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.privateemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 031012400C3 for ; Sun, 20 Jul 2014 08:42:53 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) In-Reply-To: <53CB70BC.4020001@php.net> Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 13:42:51 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: <233C783C-257F-453A-A694-96D1190907BF@ajf.me> References: <08503591-EFC8-48E6-984E-FFC292C5EA5F@ajf.me> <53C2178E.7070705@sugarcrm.com> <53CB70BC.4020001@php.net> To: "internals@lists.php.net >> PHP Internals" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Scalar Type Hinting With Casts (re-opening) From: ajf@ajf.me (Andrea Faulds) On 20 Jul 2014, at 08:33, Sebastian Bergmann wrote: > Am 13.07.2014 07:22, schrieb Stas Malyshev: >> I think it was a mistake to introduce this term from the start and=20 >> we should stop propagating it. >=20 > What would be a better term? Optional strict typing in function and > method signatures? This proposal=92s scalar type hints (except for booleans) can=92t really = be called =93strict=94. Perhaps =93firm typing=94? (It=92s not weak, but = it=92s not quite strong either) -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/