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Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness
From: anatol.php@belski.net ("Anatol Belski")

Hi Stas,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stanislav Malyshev [mailto:smalyshev@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 6:28 PM
> To: Andrea Faulds <ajf@ajf.me>; internals@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness
>=20
> Hi!
>=20
> > It can't wait for 7.0.1, because banning this would be a
> > backwards-compatibility break with 7.0.0. We have to fix it in 7.0.0
> > or not fix it ever.
>=20
> In theory, yes. In practice, if somebody starts using 7.0.0 and =
immediately jumps
> to using \int, I don't feel too bad for breaking that code. We can put =
a note in
> release notes for this is needed. But the risk of changing syntax =
parts on the
> brink of GA IMHO is much larger than the risk of somebody using \int =
in 7.0.0
> and getting breakage in 7.0.1. Especially if it's clearly described as =
a bug we
> intend to fix.
>=20
that's my point as well. There is a clear documentation about type =
hints, usage of an undocumented way is out of scope of BC. Using \int =
means there were a "class int{}" which is prohibited. Of course it is a =
bug after all, which will be addressed. =09

Regards

Anatol