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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] What do we need strict scalar type hints for?
From: leight@gmail.com (Leigh)

What was wrong with:

function x(int $y, string $z) { // strict
function x((int) $y, (string) $z) { // casting

This was the best suggestion I've seen that covers the requirements of
both camps, and is still very clear how data is going to be handled.

Authors who want their APIs to adhered to strictly can do that,
authors who want to accept anything and have it end up as their
desired type can do that too.