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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Scalar Type Hinting With Casts (re-opening)
From: tyra3l@gmail.com (Ferenc Kovacs)

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2014.07.20. 14:43, "Andrea Faulds" <ajf@ajf.me> ezt =C3=ADrta:
>
>
> On 20 Jul 2014, at 08:33, Sebastian Bergmann <sebastian@php.net> wrote:
>
> > Am 13.07.2014 07:22, schrieb Stas Malyshev:
> >> I think it was a mistake to introduce this term from the start and
> >> we should stop propagating it.
> >
> > What would be a better term? Optional strict typing in function and
> > method signatures?
>
> This proposal=E2=80=99s scalar type hints (except for booleans) can=E2=80=
=99t really be
called =E2=80=9Cstrict=E2=80=9D. Perhaps =E2=80=9Cfirm typing=E2=80=9D? (It=
=E2=80=99s not weak, but it=E2=80=99s not quite
strong either)

Stas and Sebastian are talking about the unfortunate naming of the current
(non-scalar) typehints.

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