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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] What do we need strict scalar type hints for?
From: dmitry@zend.com (Dmitry Stogov)

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I have similar opinion. Strict typing looks foreign for PHP.

I see, strict type hints may be useful.
Aspecially for testing and error detection, but anyaway, I'm not sure if
and how it should be enabled. Declare() is a working solution, but it's not
excelent.

Thanks. Dmitry.

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