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Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 08:27:34 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness
From: derokorian@gmail.com (Ryan Pallas)

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On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 8:10 AM, Sebastian Bergmann <sebastian@php.net>
wrote:

>  The following is currently valid PHP 7 code
>
>      <?php
>      function a(\int $i) {}
>
>  Is it intentional that the \ in front of the "int" is allowed? IMHO, this
>  confusing notation must not be allowed.
>
>
> Why not? Its a root level type, you can prefix a \ on any other root level
type that's valid for use in type hinting.

function a(\DateTime $d) {}
function b(\SplFileObject $f) {}

Also, this is the only way to get some IDEs to recognize the type when in a
namespace (at least currently).

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