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Subject: AW: [PHP-DEV] Types on the right or on the left
From: php@tutteli.ch ("Robert Stoll")

> -----Urspr=C3=BCngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: morrison.levi@gmail.com [mailto:morrison.levi@gmail.com] Im =
Auftrag von Levi Morrison
> Gesendet: Montag, 3. November 2014 19:54
> An: Robert Stoll
> Cc: PHP Internals
> Betreff: Re: [PHP-DEV] Types on the right or on the left
>=20
> > Thoughts?
>=20
> I think you didn't follow the mailing list or read the return types =
RFC carefully if you think putting the return type before the
> function name is good at all. Also, why are you starting this =
conversation now instead of months ago or even a couple
> weeks ago when I asked for feedback on the latest return types RFC?
>=20
> Lastly, I want to say that compatibility with Hack is only one =
consideration of all things considered. Please don't let that
> guide your thoughts too far one way or the other.
>=20

You obviously took it the wrong way, I did not intend to attack your =
RFC. Besides, I wrote an email to you in private mentioning that it is =
an inconsistency, but that this should not stop your RFC (and thus I =
have written it in private and did not mention it on the list).
The discussion I wanted to start is not about your RFC, it is about what =
direction PHP wants to go when it comes down to further type hints, put =
types only on the right, or only on the left or mix it.
I followed the return type RFC and thus know that many people think it =
has to be on the left hand side. Fair enough, I do not have anything =
against such a decision. I also have nothing against putting the type on =
the right hand side. What merely bothers me is that it would be another =
inconsistency in the language design. It's not very intuitive for a user =
if a type hint is once on the right hand side and once on the left hand =
side.=20