Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:85557 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 76448 invoked from network); 30 Mar 2015 14:35:27 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 30 Mar 2015 14:35:27 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=florian@margaine.com; spf=permerror; sender-id=unknown Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=florian@margaine.com; sender-id=unknown Received-SPF: error (pb1.pair.com: domain margaine.com from 209.85.223.179 cause and error) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: florian@margaine.com X-Host-Fingerprint: 209.85.223.179 mail-ie0-f179.google.com Received: from [209.85.223.179] ([209.85.223.179:35083] helo=mail-ie0-f179.google.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id 12/21-04595-E2F59155 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2015 09:35:27 -0500 Received: by ierf6 with SMTP id f6so51959519ier.2 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2015 07:35:24 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=9Quhac9nw7zoMZ2J5lVhBAUpIlknM9Mom3bsl5/DDZU=; b=UAz+VVZoTc8zJp6fWSQ7zIVKSbG4aaBauNGC+zFlLGXljfZKs6y+WywvVtzq3vNzDb zVU3idqpU3KTpdNB7rPBpPj3OQKivAKQAkDucRHP+C0t1a8i8J7muUds3vwVZ3/jR2o0 nW+7sR7Epnle4X8ZnOGEudJyiNzD0lubc9L1Is3uqVT/qkg1CY8/gZ6+pbm1YMefl/6s uvt6xsnBmG2vWdyOOGEELNXBTMF6NBxZCXx/D/1U9SKe0faFuiKOgNDSJNal0APQwV1s BbVbmA3+I3kCtwKbR8/zPdx+kaWpU9v08UzYMmMfxpnydS1ztZYbigNfYhdbDMcZv3tv e9Ng== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQn5w+lh4C4X+0OTeMGBuFv813QaueO0xdZuEAZ78LUUlQj7cqbVMmoPRiCGFX1MWEeDsKGv MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.107.16.206 with SMTP id 75mr14436007ioq.73.1427726124223; Mon, 30 Mar 2015 07:35:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.107.143.83 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Mar 2015 07:35:23 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [90.52.140.104] Received: by 10.107.143.83 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Mar 2015 07:35:23 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <3a939905cd5a06158c9e99d8af26e596@mail.gmail.com> References: <3a939905cd5a06158c9e99d8af26e596@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:35:23 +0200 Message-ID: To: Zeev Suraski Cc: PHP Internals Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113eda9678c94a051282640f Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Naming of 'weak' type hints From: florian@margaine.com (Florian Margaine) --001a113eda9678c94a051282640f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Zeev, Le 30 mars 2015 16:17, "Zeev Suraski" a =C3=A9crit : > > All, > > > > One thing that I think we should change is how we refer to the =E2=80=98w= eak=E2=80=99 type > hints. The word =E2=80=98weak=E2=80=99 has a negative ring to it, and co= nsidering this is > how the language behaves across the board it=E2=80=99s a pretty bad name = for this > feature. > > > > Personally I think we should go for =E2=80=98dynamic=E2=80=99 when we doc= ument it, as this > is the common way to refer to this behavior (dynamic languages). We coul= d > also consider going for =E2=80=98lax=E2=80=99 or =E2=80=98lenient=E2=80= =99 as the opposite of =E2=80=98strict=E2=80=99, > although I think we can easily do without introducing a new word into the > vocabulary here. Dynamic is used in the context of static/dynamic typing though, and that's a different meaning. Strong/weak typing is a known definition, and the correct one here. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Zeev --001a113eda9678c94a051282640f--