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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Scalar Type Hints v0.4
From: rasmus@lerdorf.com (Rasmus Lerdorf)

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On 02/17/2015 04:35 PM, Nikita Popov wrote:
> I don't buy into Rasmus arguments about internal functions. They concer=
n
> one particular edge case (int->float coercion) and I doubt they have mu=
ch
> relevance if applied to codebases with pervasive use of typehints (wher=
e
> you can be reasonably sure of the types of your variables). Even if, fo=
r
> the sake of argument, we acknowledge the concern as valid we should be
> discussing that particular case (int->float coercion) rather than dropp=
ing
> the strict typing for internal functions altogether.

int->float is actually secondary to "123"->int. And while they may be
edge-cases there are enough of them that we would be pushing people
towards casting by default which should be a last-resort thing, not the
first thing you do.

-Rasmus



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