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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: Thursday, November 26, 2015 12:47 AM
> To: internals@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: Scalar Type Declaration Syntax Weirdness
>=20
> Hi Anatol,
>=20
> Anatol Belski wrote:
> >>
> >> It may not be documented, but that doesn't put it outside the scope =
of BC.
> >> People will unintentionally rely on bugs.
> >>
> > What is the reason to use \int if "class \int{}" is prohibited? A =
typo :) ?
>=20
> It might be used deliberately since some IDEs (PHPStorm in particular) =
can't
> handle PHP 7's scalar type hints properly in namespaces yet.
>=20
Hm, but then it's a bug in PHPStorm for PHP7 support, not in PHP? =
Particularly I've found this amusing thread =
https://devnet.jetbrains.com/message/5507875 . Even PHPStorm would =
insert \int, it'll then complain that there's no such class, and it'll =
complain about the doc blocks, and passing int instead of \int object. =
So an IDE will really need to be PHP 7 compatible.

Also, the basic situation is even worse, any code ported to PHP7 and =
using type hints is potentially already broken. With this patch =
available on the day zero, those codes won't work. We know that this fix =
is necessary and can't be avoided, so putting it into somewhere after =
day zero - the broken PHP codes will work with .0 and there will be a =
gap to fix them till next PHP release.

Regards

Anatol=20