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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC][Discuss] Arrow Functions
From: ilija.tovilo@me.com

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Hey Stephen

> You=E2=80=99re really starting to lose me now. You want types but don=E2=
=80=99t want to define them, and you=E2=80=99re somehow mixing phpdoc int=
o this.

Because we use PHPDoc to provide type hints to the IDE where PHP doesn=E2=
=80=99t support them yet (variables and properties).

> Currently PHP has zero support for =46oo=5B=5D (or array<=46oo> if you =
prefer) as a type hint. In *theory* an IDE could use the calling scope=E2=
=80=99s context (assuming the source of the array is purely local or from=
 arguments/return values that are typed) to infer types, but I haven=E2=80=
=99t seen it, and I would likely still use type hints, to cover the case =
where something changes elsewhere.

That=E2=80=99s because you don=E2=80=99t trust it ;) You should be able t=
o trust it.

But anyway, that=E2=80=99s beside the point. Let=E2=80=99s get back to th=
e R=46C.

> What were you saying about not everyone being the same=3F

What I=E2=80=99m saying is that maybe it would make sense to vote for syn=
tax, as this would make most people happy.
People seem to complain about that the most but agree with the general id=
ea of the R=46C.


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