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Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2015 07:03:54 +0700
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Syntactical change to Scalar Type Hints RFC
From: pierre.php@gmail.com (Pierre Joye)

hi,

On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 2:44 AM, Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I=E2=80=99m posting this in a new thread since people might (reasonably) =
be ignoring further responses to the [VOTE] thread.
>
> I=E2=80=99m considering a small change to the Scalar Type Hints RFC, spec=
ifically about syntax. Quite a few people have said they don=E2=80=99t like=
 the declare() syntax, and it=E2=80=99s easy to see why. It=E2=80=99s rathe=
r verbose, it has all the quirks of declare() (such as block syntax, not re=
specting scope), and it=E2=80=99s rather ugly.
>
> Instead, I=E2=80=99m wondering if the following might be better:
>
>     <?php strict
>
> Which would be used like so:
>
>     <?php strict
>
>     function foobar(): int {
>         return 1.0; // error!
>     }
>
> It=E2=80=99d be a per-file directive, so there=E2=80=99d be zero mixing o=
f modes within one file, and you=E2=80=99d avoid the quirks of declare().
>
> It=E2=80=99s also a lot shorter, and it resembles Hack=E2=80=99s syntax:
>
>     <?hh // strict
>
> Of course, changing this would mean restarting the vote, but it=E2=80=99s=
 only been three days, we=E2=80=99re less than a quarter of the way through=
 voting.
>
> Thoughts? Thanks!
>
> (By the way, I=E2=80=99d appreciate it if this thread didn=E2=80=99t turn=
 into yet another discussion of how and whether scalar type hints are a bad=
/good idea. We already have at least four threads on that subject. I=E2=80=
=99m just considering a specific change of syntax.)
>

I am not sure I like this. It is somehow not very phpish :)

May I ask why you like to do it? Declare works well and only need a
couple of line to make it work like encoding. We may fix as well other
related issues, nothing that does not look fixable.

Cheers,
--=20
Pierre

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