Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:80046 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 29609 invoked from network); 1 Jan 2015 15:12:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 1 Jan 2015 15:12:44 -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 192.64.116.216 as permitted sender) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: ajf@ajf.me X-Host-Fingerprint: 192.64.116.216 imap10-3.ox.privateemail.com Received: from [192.64.116.216] ([192.64.116.216:34474] helo=imap10-3.ox.privateemail.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id 33/4A-60454-AE365A45 for ; Thu, 01 Jan 2015 10:12:43 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.privateemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38A182400C2; Thu, 1 Jan 2015 10:12:40 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at imap10.ox.privateemail.com Received: from mail.privateemail.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (imap10.ox.privateemail.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id v7JGLCQ4_pIX; Thu, 1 Jan 2015 10:12:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.0.13] (unknown [94.13.96.117]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.privateemail.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 884332400AA; Thu, 1 Jan 2015 10:12:39 -0500 (EST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.1 \(1993\)) In-Reply-To: <54A5051F.1090400@php.net> Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2015 15:12:07 +0000 Cc: internals@lists.php.net Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: References: <41D5BB0B-73AF-488E-968D-90B2878E3178@ajf.me> <54A5051F.1090400@php.net> To: Sebastian Bergmann X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1993) Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Scalar Type Hints From: ajf@ajf.me (Andrea Faulds) Hey Sebastian, > On 1 Jan 2015, at 08:28, Sebastian Bergmann wrote: >=20 > Am 31.12.2014 um 21:27 schrieb Andrea Faulds: >> Parameter type hints for PHP=E2=80=99s scalar types >=20 > Please use the term "type declaration for arguments" (or "type > declaration for parameters") instead of "type hints". If it's used > then it's not a hint. You=E2=80=99re not the only one who feels this way, Levi Morison is also = not too fond of our existing terminology. However, it is the name = we=E2=80=99ve always used for these. It=E2=80=99s not the best name, but = it is the name we=E2=80=99ve given them. This could be changed, but I = don=E2=80=99t think that=E2=80=99s the job of this RFC. If someone else = wants to push to change the name, go ahead. Thanks! -- Andrea Faulds http://ajf.me/