Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:77168 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 87826 invoked from network); 13 Sep 2014 23:35:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 13 Sep 2014 23:35:36 -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 192.64.116.200 as permitted sender) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: ajf@ajf.me X-Host-Fingerprint: 192.64.116.200 imap1-2.ox.privateemail.com Received: from [192.64.116.200] ([192.64.116.200:52409] helo=imap1-2.ox.privateemail.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id 18/8D-27276-7C4D4145 for ; Sat, 13 Sep 2014 19:35:36 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.privateemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 860FCB0008B for ; Sat, 13 Sep 2014 19:35:32 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at imap1.ox.privateemail.com Received: from mail.privateemail.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (imap1.ox.privateemail.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id cRdD3yeF3ezX for ; Sat, 13 Sep 2014 19:35:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from oa-res-27-90.wireless.abdn.ac.uk (oa-res-27-90.wireless.abdn.ac.uk [137.50.27.90]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.privateemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 091B2B0007B for ; Sat, 13 Sep 2014 19:35:31 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 7.3 \(1878.6\)) In-Reply-To: <6893A97A-EC4C-4124-B804-96E2A26B953F@ajf.me> Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 00:35:28 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: References: <6893A97A-EC4C-4124-B804-96E2A26B953F@ajf.me> To: PHP internals X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1878.6) Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE][RFC] Scalar Type Hinting with Cast From: ajf@ajf.me (Andrea Faulds) On 14 Sep 2014, at 00:30, Andrea Faulds wrote: > Good evening, >=20 > I=92ve given up on my plan B, so I=92m putting this RFC, finally, to a = vote. >=20 > I would urge you to vote in favour. It is not going to please = everyone, it is after all a compromise proposal. However, I have tried = my best to strike a balance between complete weak typing and strict = typing. If this passes, we will finally have userland type specifiers = for scalar types. It=92s not perfect, but I=92d argue it=92s far better = than nothing. >=20 > Voting starts today, 2014-09-14, and ends in a week=92s time, = 2014-09-21. >=20 > Thanks! >=20 > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/scalar_type_hinting_with_cast#vote I have postponed the vote after further thought. It=92s been a while = since this was discussed on the list. However, it is my intent to open voting properly at some point soon, if = all goes to plan. -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/