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Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:21:00 +0200
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Subject: Dual Mode STH
From: zeev@zend.com (Zeev Suraski)

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All,



After much thinking, and despite grave concerns I raised about what
transpired in the last 24 hours, I decided to get behind the Dual Mode RFC
at this time.



I call upon everyone - both people that haven=E2=80=99t yet voted and those=
 who
voted no - to do the same so that we ensure that we have STH in PHP 7.0:

wiki.php.net/rfc/scalar_type_hints_v5#vote



As I=E2=80=99ve said all along, I=E2=80=99m not doing it because I think it=
=E2=80=99s good, I
actually think it=E2=80=99s pretty bad =E2=80=93 both in absolute terms and=
 in the
precedent for introducing =E2=80=98both=E2=80=99 options instead of a singl=
e opinionated
one.  That move is designed to help ensure that we have SOME form of Scalar
Type Hints in PHP 7.0, which is clearly what the userbase at large wants.
We can revisit casting rules in the future without time pressure, and in
general, see how this new feature is accepted and used.



Again,  I call upon everybody to vote Yes for the Dual Mode RFC to ensure
that we have some form of STH in PHP 7.0.



Zeev

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