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Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 18:50:23 +0100
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To: =?utf-8?Q?Johannes_Schl=C3=BCter?= <johannes@schlueters.de>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC Discussion] Typed Properties
From: bobwei9@hotmail.com (Bob Weinand)


> Am 16.03.2016 um 18:39 schrieb Johannes Schl=C3=BCter =
<johannes@schlueters.de>:
>=20
> On Wed, 2016-03-16 at 12:36 -0400, Phil Sturgeon wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>>=20
>> I have completed the draft for an RFC, to add Typed Properties. The
>> patch has been written by the one and only Joe Watkins.
>>=20
>> https://wiki.php.net/rfc/typed-properties
>=20
> I'm no fan of all this typing business, but that's a lost case. =
Anyways:
> What about references? (yeah, references should die, but currently =
they
> still exist)
>=20
> What's expected here:
>=20
> class A {
>  public int $i;
> }
>=20
> $a =3D new A();
> $r =3D &$a->i;
> $r =3D "foobar";
>=20
> johannes

The patch currently prevents that.
It prevents all creation of references to properties.

The reason is technical:
We'd basically need typed zvals.
Or add some sort of write callback to typed references.

If you have a clean solution to these issues, you're more than welcome =
to contribute here.

Bob=