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Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 13:36:20 -0300
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To: Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] PHP7 and types
From: marcio.web2@gmail.com (Marcio Almada)

Lester,

2015-07-12 5:27 GMT-03:00 Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk>:
> On 12/07/15 09:10, Stanislav Malyshev wrote:
>>> Not completely bogus. At least with typed properties you won't need to
>>> > actually write the docblocks to have the IDE "hints". It's a minor wi=
n
>>> > for IDE users too.
>> I don't see "not needing to write docblocks" as a win, quite the
>> contrary. In fact, in a number of projects I worked with, code without
>> proper documentation (including docblocks) simply wasn't accepted into
>> the repository.
>>
>> While I don't think this needs to be mandatory, I also don't see major
>> difference - so you have to write type instead of docblock, you still
>> have to write something.
>
> In addition, the docblock contains a lot more material than just a few
> types, so one still needs to have one. The main problem with adding
> types is they become part of the code, while a docblock can simple be
> stripped.
>

Please refer to reply given to Stas.

> As a 'minor win for IDE users' it is also questionable since the every
> IDE will need to be re-written to support both methods of working.
>

You meant "updated" not "re-written". IDEs that want to stay relevant
to the community will always be updated, and h=C3=A6ck, it's much easier to
analyze real language syntax as opposed to uncertain user space DSLs
inside comments. IDE maintainers won't complain about that, for sure.

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