Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:85584 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 28439 invoked from network); 31 Mar 2015 13:52:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 31 Mar 2015 13:52:59 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=terry@terah.com.au; sender-id=pass Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=terry@terah.com.au; spf=pass; sender-id=pass Received-SPF: pass (pb1.pair.com: domain terah.com.au designates 209.85.216.182 as permitted sender) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: terry@terah.com.au X-Host-Fingerprint: 209.85.216.182 mail-qc0-f182.google.com Received: from [209.85.216.182] ([209.85.216.182:34664] helo=mail-qc0-f182.google.com) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id FD/91-19097-AB6AA155 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 2015 08:52:58 -0500 Received: by qcay5 with SMTP id y5so13758894qca.1 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 2015 06:52:55 -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=oO8uGec/JLRQ8P7EgXa6fwcwocVR3P9S1PGKes6aDC4=; b=TQO+MB3AzqLldnccAUoCeNbXfO0f87KYWtymCOWeCrhXUQ3998tJcvg+C0cBqeX2/N 0IY2tdrYPGoXcX+QD/YAGz9St++Pw+YzJUzooBRHOAcABsXViCIs7RaLnGKnIqPUobbS NhyWkUc0nUsVmUB22dl+EOCpJYIqh1n7D+D714Shx8gFUVD3h9V/GVYhvv7pwRwHGuQh j2mtxSejFYj6/73eWh8sgdCVkiI5zqtVYhDIQlbKpzRXHPHSdAFWPqI/OSKA6LX6kVNu wl4tzBWxlA3VnoPHMoI+rLhhhqOsLZbfyLOdvNtB1VUauQjmtq7c4YVpD8Yg9V5W7oDO aNzQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnkIDVWWp5xViQRv9aHPdtTjlnSSb1rCokRxJoUTiRQB6IGE80M/pi4uMKnC54CqgyhbnZF MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.140.83.19 with SMTP id i19mr24436503qgd.97.1427809975350; Tue, 31 Mar 2015 06:52:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.88.6 with HTTP; Tue, 31 Mar 2015 06:52:55 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [101.165.94.3] In-Reply-To: <3a939905cd5a06158c9e99d8af26e596@mail.gmail.com> References: <3a939905cd5a06158c9e99d8af26e596@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 23:52:55 +1000 Message-ID: To: Zeev Suraski Cc: PHP internals Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c11e64635442051295ea26 Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Naming of 'weak' type hints From: terry@terah.com.au (Terry Cullen) --001a11c11e64635442051295ea26 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tuesday, 31 March 2015, Zeev Suraski wrote: > 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. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > Zeev > Coercive? --=20 Regards, Terry Cullen Freelance Senior PHP Programmer/Web Developer -- Phone 1300-955-838 <+61-1300-955-838>Mobile 04-3836-8032 <+61-4-3836-8032> Email terry@terrycullen.com.auWeb http://www.terrycullen.com.au/G-Talk terry@terrycullen.com.au13 Jarrott St, ChelmerTerah Pty Ltd | ACN 135 365 552 [image: Terah Pty Ltd logo] --001a11c11e64635442051295ea26--