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Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] Scalar Type Hints
From: francois@tekwire.net (=?utf-8?Q?Fran=C3=A7ois_Laupretre?=)

Hi,
>
> > 2- Lack of numeric scalar type
> > There're others, but these ones are keys to make them fully usable.
>=20
> A number (or numeric, or num, or some other name) type hint is =
something I
> plan to propose in a future, follow-up RFC.

For a set of 'extended' types like 'number', and their matching rules =
against zvals, this may help :

https://wiki.php.net/rfc/dbc#dbc_types_vs_zval_types

Cheers

Fran=C3=A7ois