On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:55 AM, Anthony Ferrara <ircmax...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Please do not implement int, float, etc as an alias to scalar. That's > going to cause nothing but trouble later on. It will instantly close > the door to any type of casting magic (due to BC concerns), be > completely non-obvious ("I hinted for int, why is it a boolean?"), and > cause nothing but confusion. > > If you only want to add a scalar hint, I'm fine with that (for now), > but please only add the scalar hint, no aliases... > > Anthony Anthony, can you provide an example so I can better understand your concerns? Thanks, Adam