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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE][RFC] Safe Casting Functions
From: marcio.web2@gmail.com (Marcio Almada)

> Not a voter, but I don't really see the usefulness of this in core either.

True. This could be on packagist or a php ext, but should not be in
core. Main problem is that it carries too much ambiguity between
validation and coercion while doesn't solve the real problem: strict
typing.