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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] Scalar Type Hints
From: mailing@pascal-martin.fr ("Pascal MARTIN, AFUP")


Le 05/02/2015 21:14, Andrea Faulds a écrit :
> Voting starts today (2015-02-05) and ends in two weeks’ 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’ sake if this RFC fails.
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> The RFC can be found here, and it contains a voting widget: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/scalar_type_hints
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Hi,

Even if this RFC has been withdrawn, I'm posting this here, hoping it 
might prove useful if someone ever tries to revive it.

We've discussed this RFC quite a bit with other members of AFUP, and 
finally ended on the +1 side.

Basically, adding type-hinting for scalars goes towards a PHP that is a 
bit more "strict" -- which seems like a good thing for us. But, at the 
same time, the "weak" mode by default means users can choose to go that 
way at their own pace and existing code will keep working, even if 
calling "strict" libraries.

The biggest concern we've had is the declare() syntax that feels a bit 
weird at first. But that's not enough of a concern for us to be -1 on 
the RFC as a whole.

Thanks!

-- 
Pascal MARTIN, AFUP - French UG
http://php-internals.afup.org/