Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:81821 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 33567 invoked from network); 4 Feb 2015 15:59:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 4 Feb 2015 15:59:19 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=leight@gmail.com; spf=pass; sender-id=pass Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=leight@gmail.com; sender-id=pass Received-SPF: pass (pb1.pair.com: domain gmail.com designates 209.85.212.173 as permitted sender) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: leight@gmail.com X-Host-Fingerprint: 209.85.212.173 mail-wi0-f173.google.com Received: from [209.85.212.173] ([209.85.212.173:45154] helo=mail-wi0-f173.google.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id 0A/C0-29377-6D142D45 for ; Wed, 04 Feb 2015 10:59:19 -0500 Received: by mail-wi0-f173.google.com with SMTP id r20so32827357wiv.0 for ; Wed, 04 Feb 2015 07:59:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=toLZyW3WEjVZNPkRfcoPS1VRwbCwwFI3E0AwP1Xp6O4=; b=sKMKjCf6Q/W253r/O+RLmGxedRlVqEKW0lnOu+3NetBaBKZ1X7xMM+IwboQp9tpN18 /de/ZTNZ1gQNDN07rLJW56qlLu+S2c44l1IKV6X3XPEqbmSmBn/dBBAq3+epqUp6A+ds UYzggI19O1SjRr6Oa1je990oXSYmL72mpAiQUzLs5KhceE+ECrVHIfzYs1jt8ArLtvgx oZX+k4EIqvDvIZa8Bs8DhjsK8/AEJaBsBMMn7O0LMz0g1sogDbVfEE90fxPTwWjz0CaL XqThSD0YBLNy8rLAjNhXI8oXaybNDNDR9Q1u3419ICaiauisLoVoBVTSIQG3IEWifvTy dcXw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.171.136 with SMTP id au8mr3643589wjc.6.1423065555310; Wed, 04 Feb 2015 07:59:15 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.50.139 with HTTP; Wed, 4 Feb 2015 07:59:15 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 15:59:15 +0000 Message-ID: To: Florian Margaine Cc: PHP Internals Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] What do we need strict scalar type hints for? From: leight@gmail.com (Leigh) On 4 February 2015 at 11:02, Florian Margaine wrote: > Because it is then the callee who decides, not the caller, whether or not he > wants strict typing. > And that is the way it should be.