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Subject: Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness
From: ajf@ajf.me (Andrea Faulds)

Hi Sebastian,

Sebastian Bergmann 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.

This is weird and I'd consider it a bug. You can't do \array or 
\callable, and if I saw \int, I'd think it meant a class of that name 
rather than a scalar type.

Can this be fixed for 7.0.0?

Thanks.

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Andrea Faulds
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