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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Implementing Generics, and none scalar default
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From: mail@dasprids.de (Ben Scholzen 'DASPRiD')

Hey Dominic

On 23.09.2015 16:53, Dominic Grostate wrote:
> A couple of things that would really help me in PHP are generics and the
> ability to set default values of properties to instances of objects or
> calls to static methods or functions (expressions in general).
>
> I don't know if either of these have experimental implementations already
> as I couldn't find any, but if it would add some interest I may be willing
> to tackle the source to help push it forward.
>
> Could you please advise me on any fatal barriers that might prevent this
> being worth while for me.  Thank you.
>
> Dominic

So far I only wrote up the RFC and kicked off a discussion here on the 
mailing list about it. As I wrote several times already, I'd appreciate 
someone tackling the implementation side to get a patch working!

Cheers,
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Ben Scholzen 'DASPRiD'
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