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Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:18:35 +0000
To: Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk>,internals@lists.php.net
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] Scalar Type Hints
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins)

On 11 February 2015 22:41:21 GMT, Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk> wrote:
>On 11/02/15 21:46, Andrea Faulds wrote:
>> Anthony Ferrara also had his own analysis which showed some of the
>problems with weak type hinting, and where strict types can be
>beneficial: http://blog.ircmaxell.com/2015/02/scalar-types-and-php.html
>
>What is the point of using a 'Better static analyzer' when the bulk of
>the material being worked with simply can't be processed 'statically'?
>The only result of this passing that I can see is that PHP will start
>to
>develop two completely different code bases. Anthony closes by saying
>that is EXACTLY what he will do ...

No, he closes by saying he will use the feature differently in different parts of one code base. Indeed, he makes a specific point about the advantage of having a weakly typed file and a strictly typed file working together.