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To: Wes <netmo.php@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV][RFC][DISCUSSION] - Throwables error code's type generalization
From: ocramius@gmail.com (Marco Pivetta)

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Fix one library or fix all of them: good luck with the second one. =F0=9F=
=98=89

Anyway, the type change (on the property, in this case) can be applied to
any interface change reducing return type strictness: it is a BC break.

On 18 Dec 2016 11:47 a.m., "Wes" <netmo.php@gmail.com> wrote:

> Yo, Marco :P I don't need to add any contextual data, I'm just trying
> improve consistency by formalizing what PHP already does. I think it's th=
e
> right way to fix this because I don't think changing PDO is ever going to
> happen. You either special case PDO in your code or formalize the special
> case so that it becomes the norm. Again, there is no actual formal type
> restriction right now, existing code that assumes `int` is wrong, even if
> it's not their fault. If you are making that assumption your code is brok=
en
> already.
>

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