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To: Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me>,
  PHP Internals <internals@lists.php.net>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] Scalar Type Hints
From: lars@strojny.net (Lars Strojny)

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Hi Andrea,

> On 05 Feb 2015, at 21:14, Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me> wrote:
> [...]
> Voting starts today (2015-02-05) and ends in two weeks=E2=80=99 time =
(2015-02-19). In addition to the vote on the main RFC, there is also a =
vote on the type aliases issue, and a vote to reserve the type names for =
future RFCs=E2=80=99 sake if this RFC fails.
>=20
> The RFC can be found here, and it contains a voting widget: =
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/scalar_type_hints

I realise how much effort you put into making scalar type hinting =
possible in PHP and I applaud you for that. Being a proponent of strict =
scalar type hinting I also understand the current RFC tries to find a =
compromise between both camps. It is probably the best we can come up =
with right now given we want to fullfill the following set of =
requirements:

 - Strict scalar hinting
 - Weak scalar hinting
 - Let the mode be chosen by the caller, not the callee

I nevertheless decided voting against it as I am afraid the current RFC =
would do more long-term harm to the ecosystem than not having scalar =
type hints. My main concern is that the declare statement is basically a =
better behaviour changing ini setting and PHPs history is paved with =
those. I very much hope for scalar type hinting, especially a strict =
variant but this is not what we should merge.

cu,
Lars

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