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Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 18:45:17 +0900
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To: Joe Watkins <pthreads@pthreads.org>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RFC: Expectations
From: yohgaki@ohgaki.net (Yasuo Ohgaki)

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Hi Joe,

On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 6:37 PM, Joe Watkins <pthreads@pthreads.org> wrote:

>     I've had mostly negative feedback on the design-by-contract idea, maybe
> it's a step too far.
>

I think introducing strict type safety for DbC like static/compiled
languages
is too far. I agree.

    The expectations RFC in its current form proposes that we introduce
> zero-cost assertions, which are compatible with the current assertion API.
>
>     Since this has been in discussion for quite some time, Dmitry and I
> propose that the patch is rewritten for PHP7 and we get to voting as
> quickly as we are able.
>
>     Please review the RFC, and provide feedback, if there are no strong
> objections we will go ahead with a vote when the patch is ready, in the
> coming days.
>

Big +1

Regards,

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Yasuo Ohgaki
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