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Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 20:04:13 -0800
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To: Levi Morrison <levim@php.net>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [RFC] Reserving More Types in PHP 7
From: pollita@php.net (Sara Golemon)

On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 5:36 PM, Levi Morrison <levim@php.net> wrote:
> I would like to discuss a small RFC for reserving more types in PHP 7:
> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/reserve_more_types_in_php_7
>
> Essentially it proposes to reserve:
>
> int, integer
> bool, boolean
> true, false
> float, double
> string
> null
>
+1 -- I was planning to put this up today and got waylaid.

On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 8:01 PM, Fran=C3=A7ois Laupretre <francois@php.net>=
 wrote:
>
> Add 'resource', 'object', 'scalar', 'mixed', 'numeric'
>
> Remove 'double' (avoid this alias if we decide to encourage 'float' every=
where)
>
> Hope 'null', 'true', and 'false' can technically be used as type hints.
> If not, bad news, especially for null. Love 'int|false' as return type !
> If I were to change one thing, it'd be to add some metatypes (possibly as=
 a separate vote):
>
I also agree with everything Fran=C3=A7ois said.  Reserve these additional
types (possibly in a separate vote, up to you).

-Sara