Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:75981 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 9627 invoked from network); 23 Jul 2014 21:29:02 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 23 Jul 2014 21:29:02 -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 192.64.116.199 as permitted sender) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: ajf@ajf.me X-Host-Fingerprint: 192.64.116.199 imap11-2.ox.privateemail.com Received: from [192.64.116.199] ([192.64.116.199:53111] helo=imap11-2.ox.privateemail.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id AE/F3-23414-D1920D35 for ; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:29:02 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.privateemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B16368800E2; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:29:01 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at imap11.ox.privateemail.com Received: from mail.privateemail.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (imap11.ox.privateemail.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id FKq0u6lVHlR5; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:29:01 -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 592CF8800D5; Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:28:55 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) In-Reply-To: <8291F95E-7FD5-4AF7-8CF6-EBDDE9E8AF05@newtekbusinessservices.com> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 22:28:52 +0100 Cc: "internals@lists.php.net >> PHP Internals" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: References: <08503591-EFC8-48E6-984E-FFC292C5EA5F@ajf.me> <53C2178E.7070705@sugarcrm.com> <53CB70BC.4020001@php.net> <53CC0A75.6010200@sugarcrm.com> <7E1578C5-30DE-46CE-B3CA-AFA9F7FA1B6B@thesba.com> <53C02C31-BE27-4235-AF25-AE319067FD94@ajf.me> <8291F95E-7FD5-4AF7-8CF6-EBDDE9E8AF05@newtekbusinessservices.com> To: Robert Williams 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 23 Jul 2014, at 22:17, Robert Williams wrote: > Although I don=92t have voting rights, I would completely support a = separate RFC to remove the aliases in PHP 6/7. But in the mean time, as = long as they=92re still in the language, I think they need to be fully = supported anywhere their =93real=94 counterparts can be used. Hack = didn=92t just remove them in some cases, it removed them across the = board. And I think that=92s the right approach: they=92re supported = across the board until they=92re no longer supported, and then they=92re = not supported anywhere. Right, but none of the aliases are reserved words already and I really = don=92t want to introduce more reserved words than I have to, otherwise = it=92s going to upset a lot of people. -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/