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To: Andi Gutmans <andi@zend.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] Scalar Type Hints
From: ajf@ajf.me (Andrea Faulds)

Hi Andi,

> On 5 Feb 2015, at 23:50, Andi Gutmans <andi@zend.com> wrote:
>=20
> I am not sure.
>=20
> I think we need to explicitly vote on a weak type hinting option.
> Andrea, I think this should be an option in any vote. Right now it =
feels like the only option to people is the very challenging, =
non-consensus driving RFC or nothing.
> I think we have plenty of key folks who would support weak type =
hinting and frankly, I think that would be a huge win for everyone!

Yes, *you* think it=E2=80=99s a huge win for everyone. There are plenty =
who=E2=80=99d disagree.

This RFC is a different attempt at consensus. Rather than asserting the =
dominance of one idea over the other and completely ignoring the segment =
of the community that believes in a particular approach, it allows using =
both approaches. It allows choice. It=E2=80=99s radical, sure, but I =
think trying to accommodate everyone=E2=80=99s use cases (or at least =
most people=E2=80=99s) is better than covering only one of two.
--
Andrea Faulds
http://ajf.me/