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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Scalar Type Hints v0.4
From: mike@php.net (Michael Wallner)

On 18/02/15 12:31, Rowan Collins wrote:
> Michael Wallner wrote on 18/02/2015 11:19:
>> On 17/02/15 23:03, Sara Golemon wrote:
>>
>>> 1) Introduce scalar types for primitives: bool, int, float, string,
>>> resource, object (we already have array)
>>> 1a) Introduce meta-types as pre-defined unions (we can add custom
>>> unions in a later rfc).  A possible list may be as follows (again, we
>>> can argue what's in this list separately):
>>> * mixed: any type
>>> * scalar: (null|bool|int|float|string)
>> Hold on, usually, type checking functions don't identify NULL as scalar.
> 
> No need for anyone to hold on; as it says in the section you've quoted
> "we can argue what's in this list separately". Sara's after reactions to
> the principle of having meta-types/unions in general, not their
> definitions, right now.

Did you already incorporate "strict mode" yourself?
SCNR

I'm not a native speaker, so "hold on" might mean something different to
you than to me.

-- 
Regards,
Mike