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Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 23:43:00 +0400
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Subject: Re: Optional Type Hinting
From: dmitry@zend.com (Dmitry Stogov)

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Hi Levi,

The implementation is really not a problem. It must be quite simple and I
may take care about it.
The problem that we can't come to agreement on scalar type hinting for
years :(

Thanks. Dmitry.


On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 9:57 PM, Levi Morrison <morrison.levi@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 8:21 AM, Dmitry Stogov <dmitry@zend.com> wrote:
> > I see your point. For me they just don't have a lot of sense without each
> > other.
>
> I am the author of two of those RFCs. I've worked with several members
> of the HHVM team so that any inconsistencies are planned and recorded
> (or will be; I know of one inconsistency in return types that is not
> currently recorded).
>
> I also am definitely not in favor of merging them, for the reasons
> Andrea outlined.
>
> Also, Dmitry, if you have interest in working on the implementations
> for these RFCs I'm sure Joe would appreciate the help (I know I
> would).
>

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