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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Scalar Type Hints
From: smalyshev@gmail.com (Stanislav Malyshev)

Hi!

> The problem is that the current proposed hints/casts are deviating from the
> type-hints that we are used to, therefore this particular feature should

Let's check the manual we're used to.
http://php.net/manual/en/function.substr.php

string substr ( string $string , int $start [, int $length ] )

What "string" and "int" mean there? How they work? What we're
"deviating" from?
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Stas Malyshev
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