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Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 17:46:00 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC][Vote] Typed Properties
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins)

On 26/05/2016 17:40, Tom Worster wrote:
>> 0. Fatal error after __construct was called.
>> >1. Fatal error and abort.
>> >2. Initialize with appropriate type.
>> >3. Initialize with null.
> Under another 5th option, the problem you state does not arise. Disallow
> "public int $x;". Under this option you may declare $x with type int and
> an initial value or you may declare $x without type but you may not
> declare $x with type (nullable or not) and undefined initial value.

That has the same problem as 2 - not all types can be initialised 
statically, so can't be declared this way:

class Foo {
    HTTPRequest $request = SOMETHING;
}

How do I safely initialise that?

Regards,
-- 
Rowan Collins
[IMSoP]