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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Scalar type hints and scalar type name aliases
 causeconfuson
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins)

Andrea Faulds wrote on 13/10/2015 12:00:
> Hi Michael,
>
> Michael Wallner wrote:
>> On 12/10/15 21:23, Andrea Faulds wrote:
>>> Even if we can't reserve the names, I hope we can do the two other
>>> suggestions in time for release.
>>
>> Additionally, we could say "instance of class ...".
>>
>
> We could do that, though it's already 'instance of'. Not sure on this 
> one. 


It's not necessarily a class you're requiring an instance of, it could 
(and according to some design disciplines "should") be an interface. I 
think the "did you mean..." is more useful if we don't make everything 
alias.

Regards,
-- 
Rowan Collins
[IMSoP]