Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:89436 Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact internals-help@lists.php.net; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 84552 invoked from network); 25 Nov 2015 23:29:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lists.php.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 25 Nov 2015 23:29:04 -0000 Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com header.from=anatol.php@belski.net; sender-id=unknown Authentication-Results: pb1.pair.com smtp.mail=anatol.php@belski.net; spf=permerror; sender-id=unknown Received-SPF: error (pb1.pair.com: domain belski.net from 85.214.73.107 cause and error) X-PHP-List-Original-Sender: anatol.php@belski.net X-Host-Fingerprint: 85.214.73.107 klapt.com Received: from [85.214.73.107] ([85.214.73.107:40180] helo=h1123647.serverkompetenz.net) by pb1.pair.com (ecelerity 2.1.1.9-wez r(12769M)) with ESMTP id 4D/91-05516-F3446565 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 2015 18:29:04 -0500 Received: from w530phpdev (p579F3B72.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [87.159.59.114]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by h1123647.serverkompetenz.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 902AF789B99; Thu, 26 Nov 2015 00:29:00 +0100 (CET) To: "'Andrea Faulds'" , References: <56547DFE.3080407@php.net> <565496FA.2010604@gmail.com> <84.DA.57156.C6B94565@pb1.pair.com> <56549E24.7030902@gmail.com> <046601d12769$9801d000$c8057000$@belski.net> In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2015 00:28:56 +0100 Message-ID: <065801d127d9$10689190$3139b4b0$@belski.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 15.0 Thread-Index: AQKNMi52zUhR4hJtiipMheRU20Tb4AIBj6dBArDsJjcBHkArxwFRSYqyAUwvRLcCY2rtoZzejuGg Content-Language: en-us Subject: RE: [PHP-DEV] Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness From: anatol.php@belski.net ("Anatol Belski") Hi Andrea, > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrea Faulds [mailto:ajf@ajf.me] > Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 9:00 PM > To: internals@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness >=20 > Hi, >=20 > Anatol Belski wrote: > > 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. >=20 > It may not be documented, but that doesn't put it outside the scope of = BC. > People will unintentionally rely on bugs. >=20 What is the reason to use \int if "class \int{}" is prohibited? A typo = :) ?=20 If the patch is fine within RC8 period, it is going to be applied in = 7.0.1 which is soon enough to avoid creating bad habits. Applying a = couple of hours old patch to the bug with such severity seems not = appropriate, anyway. Regards Anatol