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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Something|null return type declaration
From: mail@dasprids.de (Ben Scholzen 'DASPRiD')

On 03.12.2015 15:58, Tom Worster wrote:
> Not being a regular on this list, I want to ask if there is history of
> discussion of a "something or nul" return type declaration for PHP 7.
>
> I'm only interested in this narrowly defined change, the PHP equivalent of a
> `/** @return Something|null */` dockblock tag *without* generalizing to `/**
> @return A|B|C... */`.
>
> If this is already argued to death, or even just a bit, I'd like to read the
> RFC(s) and discussion. Grateful for pointers.

There's an RFC for union types:
https://wiki.php.net/rfc/union_types

As far as I know, there was a general consent against a simple nullable 
hint.

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